Zechariah · Catholic Public Domain Version
Zechariah 10 Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 Petition before the Lord for rain in the latter time, and the Lord will produce snows and will give showers of rain to them, to each blade in the field.
1 Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.
2 For the images have been speaking what is useless, and the diviners have seen a lie, and the dreamers have been speaking false hope: they have comforted in vain. For this reason, they have been led away like a flock; they will be afflicted, because they have no shepherd.
2 For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.
3 My fury has been kindled over the shepherds, and I will visit upon the he-goats. For the Lord of hosts has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and he has set them like the horse of his glory in the war.
3 My anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the male goats, for Yahweh of Armies has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his majestic horse in the battle.
4 From him will go forth the angle, from him the wooden peg, from him the bow of battle, from him every exactor at the same time.
4 From him will come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.
5 And they will be like the strong, trampling the mud of the ways in battle. And they will fight, for the Lord is with them. And the riders of the horses will be confounded.
5 They will be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle. They will fight, because Yahweh is with them. The riders on horses will be confounded.
6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will convert them, because I will have mercy on them. And they will be as they were when I had not cast them away. For I am the Lord their God, and I will hear them.
6 “I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back, for I have mercy on them. They will be as though I had not cast them off, for I am Yahweh their God, and I will hear them.
7 And they will be like the strong of Ephraim, and their heart will rejoice as if by wine, and their sons will see and will rejoice, and their heart will exult in the Lord.
7 Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their heart will rejoice as through wine. Yes, their children will see it and rejoice. Their heart will be glad in Yahweh.
8 I will whistle for them, and I will gather them together, because I have redeemed them. And I will multiply them, as they had been multiplied before.
8 I will signal for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them. They will increase as they were before.
9 And I will sow them among the peoples, and from far away they will remember me. And they will live with their sons, and they will return.
9 I will sow them among the peoples. They will remember me in far countries. They will live with their children and will return.
10 And I will lead them back from the land of Egypt, and I will gather them from among the Assyrians, and I will lead them to the land of Gilead and Lebanon, and no place will be left that has not been found by them.
10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria. I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and there won’t be room enough for them.
11 And he will pass over the narrow passage of the sea, and he will strike the waves of the sea, and all the depths of the river will be confounded, and the arrogance of Assyria will be brought low, and the scepter of Egypt will withdraw.
11 He will pass through the sea of affliction, and will strike the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile will dry up; and the pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
12 I will strengthen them in the Lord, and they will walk in his name, says the Lord.
12 I will strengthen them in Yahweh. They will walk up and down in his name,” says Yahweh.
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
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