Zechariah 10

YHWH urges seeking rain from Him rather than idols and diviners that deceive, causing the people to wander like shepherdless sheep; He expresses anger against false shepherds, punishes leaders, and will empower the house of Judah as majestic warhorses with cornerstone, tent peg, and battle bow from them, making them victorious in battle.[1][3][4] YHWH promises to strengthen Judah and Joseph (Ephraim), restore them with compassion, gather Israel from Egypt and Assyria to Gilead and Lebanon until no room remains, overcoming obstacles like the Nile and Assyrian pride, so they march in His name.[2][3][5]

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Interlinear Text

Verse 1
Ask they asked ask from-the LORD from Yahweh from Yahweh rain rainfall rainfall in-(the)-time-of at time-of in time-of spring-rain late-season rain the latter rain the LORD Yahweh Yahweh makes doer doer lightning-flashes lightning-flashes lightning-flashes and-rain and rain of and rain heavy-rain heavy rainstorm heavy rainstorm he-will-give he will give he will give to-them — to them to-(each)-man to a man to a man grass green herbage green herbage in-the-field in the open field in the field
שַׁאֲל֨וּ 𐤔𐤀𐤋𐤅 shaalu Ask they asked ask HVqv2mp מֵ/יְהוָ֤ה 𐤌/𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 meyehvah Nyambe (Lozi) from-the LORD from Yahweh from Yahweh HR/Np מָטָר֙ 𐤌𐤈𐤓 matar rain rainfall rainfall HNcmsa בְּ/עֵ֣ת 𐤁/𐤏𐤕 beet in-(the)-time-of at time-of in time-of HR/Ncbsc מַלְק֔וֹשׁ 𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤅𐤔 maleqosh spring-rain late-season rain the latter rain HNcmsa יְהוָ֖ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp עֹשֶׂ֣ה 𐤏𐤔𐤄 oseh makes doer doer HVqrmsa חֲזִיזִ֑ים 𐤇𐤆𐤉𐤆𐤉𐤌 chazizim lightning-flashes lightning-flashes lightning-flashes HNcmpa וּ/מְטַר 𐤅/𐤌𐤈𐤓 umetar and-rain and rain of and rain HC/Ncmsc גֶּ֨שֶׁם֙ 𐤂𐤔𐤌 geshem heavy-rain heavy rainstorm heavy rainstorm HNcmsa יִתֵּ֣ן 𐤉𐤕𐤍 yiten he-will-give he will give he will give HVqi3ms לָ/הֶ֔ם 𐤋/𐤄𐤌 lahem to-them to them HR/Sp3mp לְ/אִ֖ישׁ 𐤋/𐤀𐤉𐤔 leish to-(each)-man to a man to a man HR/Ncmsa עֵ֥שֶׂב 𐤏𐤔𐤁 esev grass green herbage green herbage HNcmsa בַּ/שָּׂדֶֽה 𐤁/𐤔𐤃𐤄 basadeh in-the-field in the open field in the field HRd/Ncmsa
Verse 2
For for/because for the household gods the household cult-objects the household cult-objects have spoken they declared they spoke iniquity worthless wickedness worthless wickedness and the diviners and the divining-ones and the divining-ones see Gaze intently! they saw lies falsehood a lie and dreams dreams of and dreams of falsehood empty falsehood the empty falsehood they tell they speak forth they will speak forth emptiness vapor-breath vapor-breath they comfort they will comfort they will not comfort them over upon upon therefore thus thus wander they broke camp they moved like like like sheep small livestock flock small livestock flock they are afflicted they will answer they are afflicted because for/because because there is no there is not there is not shepherd shepherding one of shepherd
כִּ֧י 𐤊𐤉 ki For for/because for HC הַ/תְּרָפִ֣ים 𐤄/𐤕𐤓𐤐𐤉𐤌 haterafim the household gods the household cult-objects the household cult-objects HTd/Ncmpa דִּבְּרוּ 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤅 diberu have spoken they declared they spoke HVpp3cp אָ֗וֶן 𐤀𐤅𐤍 aven iniquity worthless wickedness worthless wickedness HNcmsa וְ/הַ/קּֽוֹסְמִים֙ 𐤅/𐤄/𐤒𐤅𐤎𐤌𐤉𐤌 vehaqosemim and the diviners and the divining-ones and the divining-ones HC/Td/Vqrmpa חָ֣זוּ 𐤇𐤆𐤅 chazu see Gaze intently! they saw HVqp3cp שֶׁ֔קֶר 𐤔𐤒𐤓 sheqer lies falsehood a lie HNcmsa וַֽ/חֲלֹמוֹת֙ 𐤅/𐤇𐤋𐤌𐤅𐤕 vachalomot and dreams dreams of and dreams of HC/Ncmpc הַ/שָּׁ֣וא 𐤄/𐤔𐤅𐤀 hashav falsehood empty falsehood the empty falsehood HTd/Ncmsa יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ 𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤅 yedaberu they tell they speak forth they will speak forth HVpi3mp הֶ֖בֶל 𐤄𐤁𐤋 hevel vulu (Kikongo) emptiness vapor-breath vapor-breath HNcmsa יְנַֽחֵמ֑וּ/ן 𐤉𐤍𐤇𐤌𐤅/𐤍 yenachemun they comfort they will comfort they will not comfort them HVpi3mp/Sn עַל 𐤏𐤋 al over upon upon HR כֵּן֙ 𐤊𐤍 ken cine (Bemba) therefore thus thus HTm נָסְע֣וּ 𐤍𐤎𐤏𐤅 naseu wander they broke camp they moved HVqp3cp כְמוֹ 𐤊𐤌𐤅 khemo like like like HR צֹ֔אן 𐤑𐤀𐤍 tson sheep small livestock flock small livestock flock HNcbsa יַעֲנ֖וּ 𐤉𐤏𐤍𐤅 yaanu they are afflicted they will answer they are afflicted HVqi3mp כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki-2 because for/because because HC אֵ֥ין 𐤀𐤉𐤍 eyn there is no there is not there is not HTn רֹעֶֽה 𐤓𐤏𐤄 roeh shepherd shepherding one of shepherd HVqrmsa
Verse 3
against upon against the shepherds the tending-ones the shepherds burned he burned hot my anger burned my anger my nose my anger and against and upon and against the male goats the mature he-goats the male goats I will punish I will attend to I will punish for for/because for has visited he attended to he attended to the LORD Yahweh Yahweh of Hosts organized hosts organized hosts (direct object marker) object-marker [·] his flock his organized herd his organized flock (direct object marker) object-marker [·] house house-of house of of Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah and will make and he set and he set them them [·] like a horse like a horse like a horse his majestic his splendor his majesty in battle in the warfare in the battle
עַל 𐤏𐤋 al against upon against HR הָֽ/רֹעִים֙ 𐤄/𐤓𐤏𐤉𐤌 haroim the shepherds the tending-ones the shepherds HTd/Vqrmpa חָרָ֣ה 𐤇𐤓𐤄 charah kala (Kikongo) burned he burned hot my anger burned HVqp3ms אַפִּ֔/י 𐤀𐤐/𐤉 api my anger my nose my anger HNcmsc/Sp1cs וְ/עַל 𐤅/𐤏𐤋 veal and against and upon and against HC/R הָ/עַתּוּדִ֖ים 𐤄/𐤏𐤕𐤅𐤃𐤉𐤌 haatudim the male goats the mature he-goats the male goats HTd/Ncmpa אֶפְק֑וֹד 𐤀𐤐𐤒𐤅𐤃 efeqod I will punish I will attend to I will punish HVqi1cs כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for HC פָקַד֩ 𐤐𐤒𐤃 faqad has visited he attended to he attended to HVqp3ms יְהוָ֨ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp צְבָא֤וֹת 𐤑𐤁𐤀𐤅𐤕 tsevaot of Hosts organized hosts organized hosts HNcbpa אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et (direct object marker) object-marker [·] HTo עֶדְר/וֹ֙ 𐤏𐤃𐤓/𐤅 edero his flock his organized herd his organized flock HNcmsc/Sp3ms אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 (direct object marker) object-marker [·] HTo בֵּ֣ית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt house house-of house of HNcmsc יְהוּדָ֔ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 yehudah of Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah HNp וְ/שָׂ֣ם 𐤅/𐤔𐤌 vesam and will make and he set and he set HC/Vqp3ms אוֹתָ֔/ם 𐤀𐤅𐤕/𐤌 otam them them [·] HTo/Sp3mp כְּ/ס֥וּס 𐤊/𐤎𐤅𐤎 kesus like a horse like a horse like a horse HR/Ncmsc הוֹד֖/וֹ 𐤄𐤅𐤃/𐤅 hodo his majestic his splendor his majesty HNcmsc/Sp3ms בַּ/מִּלְחָמָֽה 𐤁/𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 bamilechamah in battle in the warfare in the battle HRd/Ncfsa
Verse 5
And they will be and they became and they will be like mighty men like mighty warriors like mighty warriors treading down the trampling ones trampling ones in the mud in sticky mud in sticky mud of the streets outside places outside places in battle in the warfare in the battle And they will fight and they waged war and they will fight for for/because for the LORD Yahweh Yahweh with them with them with them And they will shame and they caused to dry up and they will bring to shame riders of riders of riders of horses horses horses
וְ/הָי֨וּ 𐤅/𐤄𐤉𐤅 vehayu And they will be and they became and they will be HC/Vqp3cp כְ/גִבֹּרִ֜ים 𐤊/𐤂𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 khegiborim like mighty men like mighty warriors like mighty warriors HR/Aampa בּוֹסִ֨ים 𐤁𐤅𐤎𐤉𐤌 bosim treading down the trampling ones trampling ones HVqrmpa בְּ/טִ֤יט 𐤁/𐤈𐤉𐤈 betit in the mud in sticky mud in sticky mud HR/Ncmsc חוּצוֹת֙ 𐤇𐤅𐤑𐤅𐤕 chutsot of the streets outside places outside places HNcmpa בַּ/מִּלְחָמָ֔ה 𐤁/𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 bamilechamah in battle in the warfare in the battle HRd/Ncfsa וְ/נִ֨לְחֲמ֔וּ 𐤅/𐤍𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤅 venilechamu And they will fight and they waged war and they will fight HC/VNp3cp כִּ֥י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for HC יְהוָ֖ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp עִמָּ֑/ם 𐤏𐤌/𐤌 imam with them with them with them HR/Sp3mp וְ/הֹבִ֖ישׁוּ 𐤅/𐤄𐤁𐤉𐤔𐤅 vehovishu And they will shame and they caused to dry up and they will bring to shame HC/Vhp3cp רֹכְבֵ֥י 𐤓𐤊𐤁𐤉 rokhevey riders of riders of riders of HVqrmpc סוּסִֽים 𐤎𐤅𐤎𐤉𐤌 susim horses horses horses HNcmpa
Verse 6
and-I-will-strengthen and I have made strong and I have made strong [-direct object marker-] object-marker [·] house house-of house of Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah and-[-direct object marker-] and object-marker [·] house house-of house of Joseph He adds Yosef I-will-save I will deliver I will save and-I-will-bring-back-them and I caused them to return and I caused them to return for for/because for/because I-have-had-compassion-on-them I have deeply-compassioned them I have deeply-compassioned them and-they-will-be and they became and they were as-that as that which as that which not not not I-have-rejected-them I have rejected them I have rejected them for for/because for/because I I I the LORD Yahweh Yahweh God-of-them their mighty ones their Elohim and-I-will-answer-them and I will answer them and I will answer them
וְ/גִבַּרְתִּ֣י 𐤅/𐤂𐤁𐤓𐤕𐤉 vegibareti and-I-will-strengthen and I have made strong and I have made strong HC/Vpp1cs אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [-direct object marker-] object-marker [·] HTo בֵּ֣ית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt house house-of house of HNcmsc יְהוּדָ֗ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 yehudah Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah HNp וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet and-[-direct object marker-] and object-marker [·] HC/To בֵּ֤ית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt-2 house house-of house of HNcmsc יוֹסֵף֙ 𐤉𐤅𐤎𐤐 yosef Joseph He adds Yosef HNp אוֹשִׁ֔יעַ 𐤀𐤅𐤔𐤉𐤏 oshia I-will-save I will deliver I will save HVhi1cs וְ/הֽוֹשְׁבוֹתִי/ם֙ 𐤅/𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤉/𐤌 vehoshevotim and-I-will-bring-back-them and I caused them to return and I caused them to return HC/Vhp1cs/Sp3mp כִּ֣י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for/because HC רִֽחַמְתִּ֔י/ם 𐤓𐤇𐤌𐤕𐤉/𐤌 richametim I-have-had-compassion-on-them I have deeply-compassioned them I have deeply-compassioned them HVpp1cs/Sp3mp וְ/הָי֖וּ 𐤅/𐤄𐤉𐤅 vehayu and-they-will-be and they became and they were HC/Vqp3cp כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר 𐤊/𐤀𐤔𐤓 kaasher as-that as that which as that which HR/Tr לֹֽא 𐤋𐤀 lo not not not HTn זְנַחְתִּ֑י/ם 𐤆𐤍𐤇𐤕𐤉/𐤌 zenachetim I-have-rejected-them I have rejected them I have rejected them HVqp1cs/Sp3mp כִּ֗י 𐤊𐤉 ki-2 for for/because for/because HC אֲנִ֛י 𐤀𐤍𐤉 ani Ine (Bemba) I I I HPp1cs יְהוָ֥ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp אֱלֹהֵי/הֶ֖ם 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉/𐤄𐤌 eloheyhem Mulimu (Lozi) God-of-them their mighty ones their Elohim HNcmpc/Sp3mp וְ/אֶעֱנֵֽ/ם 𐤅/𐤀𐤏𐤍/𐤌 veeenem and-I-will-answer-them and I will answer them and I will answer them HC/Vqi1cs/Sp3mp
Verse 7
and they will be and they became and they will be like a mighty man like a mighty warrior like a mighty man Ephraim Double Fruitfulness Eferayim and their heart will rejoice and he rejoiced and their heart will rejoice their heart their inner core their heart as like as wine fermented grape wine fermented grape wine and their children and their sons and their children will see they will see they will see and be glad and they rejoiced and they will rejoice will rejoice he will exult their heart will exult their heart their inner core their heart in the LORD in Yahweh in Yahweh
וְ/הָי֤וּ 𐤅/𐤄𐤉𐤅 vehayu and they will be and they became and they will be HC/Vqp3cp כְ/גִבּוֹר֙ 𐤊/𐤂𐤁𐤅𐤓 khegibor like a mighty man like a mighty warrior like a mighty man HR/Aamsc אֶפְרַ֔יִם 𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌 eferayim Ephraim Double Fruitfulness Eferayim HNp וְ/שָׂמַ֥ח 𐤅/𐤔𐤌𐤇 vesamach samka (Kirundi) and their heart will rejoice and he rejoiced and their heart will rejoice HC/Vqp3ms לִבָּ֖/ם 𐤋𐤁/𐤌 libam their heart their inner core their heart HNcmsc/Sp3mp כְּמוֹ 𐤊𐤌𐤅 kemo as like as HR יָ֑יִן 𐤉𐤉𐤍 yayin ubumayi (Bemba) wine fermented grape wine fermented grape wine HNcmsa וּ/בְנֵי/הֶם֙ 𐤅/𐤁𐤍𐤉/𐤄𐤌 uveneyhem Bene (Bemba) and their children and their sons and their children HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp יִרְא֣וּ 𐤉𐤓𐤀𐤅 yireu will see they will see they will see HVqi3mp וְ/שָׂמֵ֔חוּ 𐤅/𐤔𐤌𐤇𐤅 vesamechu samka (Kirundi) and be glad and they rejoiced and they will rejoice HC/Vqp3cp יָגֵ֥ל 𐤉𐤂𐤋 yagel will rejoice he will exult their heart will exult HVqi3ms לִבָּ֖/ם 𐤋𐤁/𐤌 libam-2 their heart their inner core their heart HNcmsc/Sp3mp בַּ/יהוָֽה 𐤁/𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 bayhvah Nyambe (Lozi) in the LORD in Yahweh in Yahweh HR/Np
Verse 10
and I will bring them back and I brought them back and I will bring them back from the land from land from land of Egypt the Dual Enclosed-Land (Mitsrayim) Mitserayim and from Assyria and from Ashshur and from Ashur I will gather them I will gather them together I will gather them together and to and toward and to land land land of Gilead Heap-of-Witness Gilead and Lebanon and White-Mountain Lebanon and Levanon I will bring them I will bring them in I will bring them in and not and not and not will be found he will be found it will be found for them — for them
וַ/הֲשִֽׁיבוֹתִי/ם֙ 𐤅/𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤉/𐤌 vahashivotim and I will bring them back and I brought them back and I will bring them back HC/Vhp1cs/Sp3mp מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ 𐤌/𐤀𐤓𐤑 meerets Ayé (Yoruba) from the land from land from land HR/Ncbsc מִצְרַ֔יִם 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 mitserayim of Egypt the Dual Enclosed-Land (Mitsrayim) Mitserayim HNp וּ/מֵֽ/אַשּׁ֖וּר 𐤅/𐤌/𐤀𐤔𐤅𐤓 umeashur and from Assyria and from Ashshur and from Ashur HC/R/Np אֲקַבְּצֵ֑/ם 𐤀𐤒𐤁𐤑/𐤌 aqabetsem I will gather them I will gather them together I will gather them together HVpi1cs/Sp3mp וְ/אֶל 𐤅/𐤀𐤋 veel and to and toward and to HC/R אֶ֨רֶץ 𐤀𐤓𐤑 erets Ayé (Yoruba) land land land HNcbsc גִּלְעָ֤ד 𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃 gilead of Gilead Heap-of-Witness Gilead HNp וּ/לְבָנוֹן֙ 𐤅/𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤍 ulevanon and Lebanon and White-Mountain Lebanon and Levanon HC/Np אֲבִיאֵ֔/ם 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤀/𐤌 aviem I will bring them I will bring them in I will bring them in HVhi1cs/Sp3mp וְ/לֹ֥א 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo and not and not and not HC/Tn יִמָּצֵ֖א 𐤉𐤌𐤑𐤀 yimatse will be found he will be found it will be found HVNi3ms לָ/הֶֽם 𐤋/𐤄𐤌 lahem for them for them HR/Sp3mp
Verse 11
and he will pass through and he crossed over and he will pass through the sea in the sea in the sea of distress constraining distress constraining distress and he will strike and he struck and he will strike the sea in the sea in the sea waves rolled-up masses waves and they will dry up and they caused to dry up and they will dry up all the whole of all of depths abyssal depths of depths of of the Nile river Yeor and he will bring down and he was brought down and he will be brought down pride lofty grandeur of pride of of Assyria Ashshur Ashur and the scepter staff-rod of and tribe of of Egypt the Dual Enclosed-Land (Mitsrayim) Mitserayim will depart he will turn aside he will turn aside
וְ/עָבַ֨ר 𐤅/𐤏𐤁𐤓 veavar and he will pass through and he crossed over and he will pass through HC/Vqp3ms בַּ/יָּ֜ם 𐤁/𐤉𐤌 bayam the sea in the sea in the sea HRd/Ncmsa צָרָ֗ה 𐤑𐤓𐤄 tsarah of distress constraining distress constraining distress HNcfsa וְ/הִכָּ֤ה 𐤅/𐤄𐤊𐤄 vehikah and he will strike and he struck and he will strike HC/Vhp3ms בַ/יָּם֙ 𐤁/𐤉𐤌 vayam the sea in the sea in the sea HRd/Ncmsa גַּלִּ֔ים 𐤂𐤋𐤉𐤌 galim kala (Kongo) waves rolled-up masses waves HNcmpa וְ/הֹבִ֕ישׁוּ 𐤅/𐤄𐤁𐤉𐤔𐤅 vehovishu and they will dry up and they caused to dry up and they will dry up HC/Vhp3cp כֹּ֖ל 𐤊𐤋 kol kila (Swahili) all the whole of all of HNcmsc מְצוּל֣וֹת 𐤌𐤑𐤅𐤋𐤅𐤕 metsulot depths abyssal depths of depths of HNcfpc יְאֹ֑ר 𐤉𐤀𐤓 yeor of the Nile river Yeor HNp וְ/הוּרַד֙ 𐤅/𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤃 vehurad and he will bring down and he was brought down and he will be brought down HC/VHp3ms גְּא֣וֹן 𐤂𐤀𐤅𐤍 geon pride lofty grandeur of pride of HNcmsc אַשּׁ֔וּר 𐤀𐤔𐤅𐤓 ashur of Assyria Ashshur Ashur HNp וְ/שֵׁ֥בֶט 𐤅/𐤔𐤁𐤈 veshevet and the scepter staff-rod of and tribe of HC/Ncmsc מִצְרַ֖יִם 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 mitserayim of Egypt the Dual Enclosed-Land (Mitsrayim) Mitserayim HNp יָסֽוּר 𐤉𐤎𐤅𐤓 yasur will depart he will turn aside he will turn aside HVqi3ms
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