Zechariah · Bible in Basic English
Zechariah 10 Bible in Basic English
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
Zechariah is not in PT1904.
1 Make your request to the Lord for rain in the time of the spring rains, even to the Lord who makes the thunder-flames; and he will give them showers of rain, to every man grass in the field.
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2 For the images have said what is not true, and the readers of signs have seen deceit; they have given accounts of false dreams, they give comfort to no purpose: so they go out of the way like sheep, they are troubled because they have no keeper.
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3 My wrath is burning against the keepers of the flock, and I will send punishment on the he-goats: for the Lord of armies takes care of his flock, the people of Judah, and will make them like the horse of his pride in the fight.
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4 From him will come the keystone, from him the nail, from him the bow of war, from him will come every ruler;
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5 Together they will be like men of war, crushing down their haters into the earth of the streets in the fight; they will make war because the Lord is with them: and the horsemen will be shamed.
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6 And I will make the children of Judah strong, and I will be the saviour of the children of Joseph, and I will make them come back again, for I have had mercy on them: they will be as if I had not given them up: for I am the Lord their God and I will give them an answer.
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7 And Ephraim will be like a man of war, and their hearts will be glad as with wine; and their children will see it with joy; their hearts will be glad in the Lord.
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8 With the sound of the pipe I will get them together; for I have given the price to make them free: and they will be increased as they were increased.
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9 Though I had them planted among the peoples, they will keep me in mind in far countries: and they will take care of their children and will come back.
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10 And I will make them come back out of the land of Egypt, and will get them together out of Assyria; and I will take them into the land of Gilead, and it will not be wide enough for them.
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11 And they will go through the sea of Egypt, and all the deep waters of the Nile will become dry: and the pride of Assyria will be made low, and the power of Egypt will be taken away.
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12 And their strength will be in the Lord; and their pride will be in his name, says the Lord.
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Cross references (12)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 James 5:16–18; Isaiah 44:3; Matthew 7:7–8; James 5:7; Psalm 65:9
- 2 Matthew 9:36; Jeremiah 27:9; Genesis 31:19; Ezekiel 34:5; Ezekiel 34:8
- 3 Ezekiel 34:7–10; Ezekiel 34:2; Zechariah 11:17; Ezekiel 34:16–17; Jeremiah 23:1–2
- 4 Zechariah 9:10; Revelation 19:13–15; Numbers 24:17; Zechariah 9:8; Ezra 9:8
- 5 Haggai 2:22; Romans 8:31–37; Psalm 20:7; Zechariah 9:13; Zechariah 12:8
- 6 Zechariah 13:9; Zechariah 10:12; Zephaniah 3:19–20; Jeremiah 3:18; Isaiah 41:10
- 7 Zechariah 9:15; Philippians 4:4; Luke 1:47; 1 Peter 1:8; Acts 2:13–18
- 8 Isaiah 5:26; Isaiah 7:18; Jeremiah 33:22; Revelation 22:17; Jeremiah 31:10–11
- 9 Ezekiel 6:9; Isaiah 65:23; Nehemiah 1:9; Micah 5:7; 1 Kings 8:47–48
- 10 Hosea 11:11; Jeremiah 50:19; Zechariah 8:7; Micah 7:14; Isaiah 49:19–21
- 11 Ezekiel 30:13; Isaiah 43:2; Micah 5:5–6; Zephaniah 2:13; Isaiah 11:15–16
- 12 Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 2:5; Zechariah 10:6; Micah 4:5; 2 Timothy 2:1
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences