Zechariah 10

Names of God Bible

The Lord’s People Will Be Victorious

10 Ask Yahweh for rain in the springtime.
    Yahweh makes thunderstorms.
    He gives everyone rain showers for the plants in the field.
²The idols speak lies.
    The fortunetellers see false visions.
        They speak about false dreams.
            They give useless comfort.
    That is why people wander around like sheep.
    They are troubled because there is no shepherd.

³“My burning anger is directed against the shepherds.
    I will punish the male goats.
        Yahweh Tsebaoth takes care of his flock, the people of Judah.
            He makes them like his splendid war horse.”

⁴From them will come a cornerstone,
    from them a tent peg,
        from them a battle bow,
            from them every leader.
⁵Together they will be like warriors
    who trample the enemy in the mud on the streets.
    They will fight because Yahweh is with them.
    They will put to shame those who ride on horses.

⁶“I will strengthen the people of Judah.
    I will rescue Joseph’s people.
    I will bring them back, because I have compassion for them.
    It will be as though I had never rejected them,
        because I am Yahweh their Elohim, and I will answer them.
⁷The people of Ephraim will be like mighty warriors.
    Their hearts will be glad as if they had some wine to drink.
    Their sons will see it and be glad.
    Their hearts will find joy in Yahweh.
⁸I will signal them with a whistle
    and gather them because I have reclaimed them.
        They will be as numerous as they have ever been.
⁹Although I have scattered them among the nations,
    they will remember me even in faraway places.
        They will live with their children and then return.
¹⁰I will bring them back from Egypt.
    I will gather them from Assyria.
    I will bring them to Gilead and to Lebanon,
    and there won’t be enough room for them.”

¹¹Yahweh will pass through a sea of distress,
    strike the waves in the sea,
        and dry up all the deep places of the Nile River.
    The pride of Assyria will be humiliated,
    and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

¹²“I will strengthen them in Yahweh.
They will live in his name,” declares Yahweh.