God's Power to Restore Israel and Judgment on Its Enemies
Zechariah 10:1-11:3
1Ask rain from the LORD at the time of the spring rain; the LORD who makes lightning gives them rain, vegetation to each man in the field.2For the teraphim have spoken wickedness, and the diviners have seen deception; they speak false dreams and comfort with vanity. Therefore they have set out like a flock and are afflicted, for there is no shepherd.3My anger is incensed against the shepherds, and I will reckon with the goats, because the LORD of Hosts has reckoned his flock, the house of Judah, and has made them like the horse of his splendor in battle.4From him come the Corner Gate, from him the peg, from him the bow of battle; from him every oppressor goes out together.5They shall be like mighty men trampling in the mud of the streets in battle; they shall fight because the LORD is with them, and they shall put the riders of horses to shame.6I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph; I will bring them back, for I have had compassion on them, and they shall be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the LORD their God and I will answer them.7Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as with wine; their sons shall see and rejoice; their heart shall exult in the LORD.8I will whistle for them and gather them, for I have ransomed them, and they shall multiply as they have multiplied.9I will sow them among the peoples and in distant places; they will remember me and live with their sons and return.10I will bring them back from the land of Egypt and gather them from Assyria; I will bring them to the land of Gilead and Lebanon, and none shall be left for them.11They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the sea into heaps; they will put to shame all the depths of the Nile, the pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the staff of Egypt will be removed.12I will strengthen them in the LORD, and they will walk in his name, declares the LORD.
Chapter 11
1Open your doors, O Lebanon, that fire may consume your cedars.2Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the mighty trees are ruined. Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the forest has gone down.3The voice of the wailing of the shepherds, because their splendor is ruined; the voice of the roaring of lions, because the pride of the Jordan is ruined.