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Zechariah 10

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  God is to be sought unto, and not idols.
3  As he visited his flock for sin, so he will save and restore them.
Verse 1

Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
ye
Ezekiel 36:37, Matthew 7:7,8, John 16:23, James 5:16-18
rain in
Deuteronomy 11:13, 28:23, 1 Kings 17:1, 18:41-45, Isaiah 5:6, 30:23, Jeremiah 14:22, Amos 4:7
the time
Deuteronomy 11:14, Job 29:23, Proverbs 16:15, Hosea 6:3, Joel 2:23,24, James 5:7
bright clouds
or, lightnings.
Job 36:27-31, 37:1-6, Jeremiah 10:13, 51:16
and give
Psalms 65:9, 72:6, 104:13, Isaiah 44:3, Ezekiel 34:26, Hosea 10:12, Micah 5:7, 1 Corinthians 3:6
Verse 2

For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
the idols
Heb. the teraphims.
Genesis 31:19, Judges 18:14, Isaiah 44:9, 46:5, Jeremiah 10:8, 14:22, Hosea 3:4, Habakkuk 2:18
the diviners
Jeremiah 23:25-27, 27:9, 29:8,21,22, Lamentations 2:14, Ezekiel 13:6-16,22,23, 21:29, Micah 3:6-11
they comfort
Job 13:4, 21:34, Jeremiah 6:14, 8:11, 14:13, 23:17, 28:4-6,15, 37:19
therefore
Jeremiah 13:17-20, 50:17, 51:23, Micah 2:12
troubled, because there
or, answered that there.
Numbers 27:17, 1 Kings 22:17, Ezekiel 34:5,8, Matthew 9:36
Verse 3

Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
anger
11:5-8,17, Isaiah 56:9-12, Jeremiah 10:21, 23:1,2, 50:6, Ezekiel 34:2,7-10
and I
Ezekiel 34:16,17,20,21, Matthew 25:32,33
punished
Heb. visited upon.
Isaiah 10:12, 24:21, Jeremiah 11:22, 25:12, Zephaniah 1:8; *margins
visited
Exodus 4:31, Ruth 1:6, Zephaniah 2:7, Luke 1:68, 1 Peter 2:12
as
Proverbs 21:31, Song of Solomon 1:9
Verse 4

Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
of him came forth
1:20,21, 9:13-16, 12:6-8, Numbers 24:17, Isaiah 41:14-16, 49:2, 54:16, Jeremiah 1:18, Micah 5:5-8, Matthew 9:38, 2 Corinthians 10:4,5, Ephesians 4:8-11, 6:10-17, 2 Timothy 2:4, Revelation 17:14, 19:13-15
the corner
1 Samuel 14:38, Isaiah 19:13
the nail
Ezra 9:8, Isaiah 22:23-25
the battle
9:8,10, Genesis 49:24
Verse 5

And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
as
9:13, 12:8, 1 Samuel 16:18, 2 Samuel 22:8, Psalms 45:3, Luke 24:19, Acts 7:22, 18:24, 2 Corinthians 10:4
tread
Psalms 18:42, Isaiah 10:6, 25:10, Micah 7:10, Matthew 4:3
because
14:3,13, Deuteronomy 20:1, Joshua 10:14,42, Isaiah 8:9, 41:12, Joel 3:12-17, Matthew 28:20, Romans 8:31-37, 2 Timothy 4:7,17, Revelation 19:13-15
and the riders on horses shall be confounded
or, they shall make the riders on horses ashamed.
12:4, Psalms 20:7, 33:16, Ezekiel 38:15, Haggai 2:22, Revelation 19:17
Verse 6

And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
I will strengthen
12, Psalms 89:21, Isaiah 41:10, Ezekiel 37:16, Obadiah 1:18, Micah 4:6,13, 5:8, 7:16, Zephaniah 3:19,20
I will save
8:7, Jeremiah 3:18, 23:6, 31:1,31, Ezekiel 39:25, Hosea 1:11, Romans 11:25,26
for I have
Isaiah 14:1, Jeremiah 31:20, Hosea 1:7, 2:23, Micah 7:18-20
as
8:11, Isaiah 49:17-21, Jeremiah 30:18, Ezekiel 36:11
for I am
13:9, Isaiah 41:17-20, Jeremiah 33:2,3, Ezekiel 36:37
Verse 7

And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
and their
9:15,17, Genesis 43:34, Psalms 104:15, Proverbs 31:6,7, Acts 2:13-18, Ephesians 5:18,19
yea
Genesis 18:19, Psalms 90:16, 102:28, Isaiah 38:19, Jeremiah 32:39, Acts 2:39, 13:33
their heart
1 Samuel 2:1, Psalms 13:5, 28:7, Isaiah 66:14, Habakkuk 3:18, Zephaniah 3:14, Luke 1:47, John 16:22, Acts 2:26, Philippians 4:4, 1 Peter 1:8
Verse 8

I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
hiss
Isaiah 5:26, 7:18, 11:11,12, 27:12,13, 55:1-3, Matthew 11:28, Revelation 22:17
for
9:11, Isaiah 44:22, 51:11, 52:1-3, Jeremiah 31:10,11, 1 Timothy 2:4-6
and they
Exodus 1:7, 1 Kings 4:20, Isaiah 49:19-22, Jeremiah 30:19,20, 33:22, Ezekiel 36:10,11,37,38, Hosea 1:10
Verse 9

And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
sow
Esther 8:17, Jeremiah 31:27, Daniel 3:1-6, Hosea 2:23, Amos 9:9, Micah 5:7, Acts 8:1,4, 11:19-21, 13:1-38, 14:1-21, Romans 11:11-15
remember
Deuteronomy 30:1-4, 1 Kings 8:47,48, Nehemiah 1:9, Jeremiah 51:50, Ezekiel 6:9
live
Isaiah 65:9,23, Acts 2:38,39, 3:25,26, 13:32,33, Romans 11:16,17,24
Verse 10

I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.
out of the
8:7, Isaiah 11:11-16, 19:23-25, 27:12,13, Hosea 11:11, Micah 7:11,12
into
Jeremiah 22:6, Ezekiel 47:18-21, Obadiah 1:20, Micah 7:14
place
Isaiah 49:19-21, 54:2,3, 60:22
Verse 11

And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
he shall
Psalms 66:10-12, Isaiah 11:15,16, 42:15,16, 43:2
smite
Exodus 14:21,22,27,28, Joshua 3:15-17, 2 Kings 2:8,14, Psalms 77:16-20, 114:3,5, Isaiah 11:15, Revelation 16:12
the pride
Ezra 6:22, Isaiah 14:25, Micah 5:5,6
the sceptre
Ezekiel 29:14-16, 30:13
Verse 12

And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
I will
6, 12:5, Psalms 68:34,35, Isaiah 41:10, 45:24, Ephesians 6:10, Philippians 4:13, 2 Timothy 2:1
walk
Genesis 5:24, 24:40, Isaiah 2:5, Micah 4:5, Colossians 2:6, 3:17, 1 Thessalonians 2:12, 4:1, 1 John 1:6,7

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