PRAYER AND PROMISE. (Zac 10:1-12) Ask . . . rain--on which the abundance of "corn" promised by the Lord (Zac 9:17) depends. Jehovah alone can give it, and will give it on being asked (Jer 10:13; Jer 14:22). rain in . …
1Pedid a Jehová lluvia en la estación tardía. Jehová hará relámpagos, y os dará lluvia abundante, y hierba verde en el campo a cada uno.
2Porque los terafines han dado vanos oráculos, y los adivinos han visto mentira, han hablado sueños vanos, y vano es su consuelo; por lo cual el pueblo vaga como ovejas, y sufre porque no tiene pastor.
3Contra los pastores se ha encendido mi enojo, y castigaré a los jefes; pero Jehová de los ejércitos visitará su rebaño, la casa de Judá, y los pondrá como su caballo de honor en la guerra.
4De él saldrá la piedra angular, de él la clavija, de él el arco de guerra, de él también todo apremiador.
5Y serán como valientes que en la batalla huellan al enemigo en el lodo de las calles; y pelearán, porque Jehová estará con ellos; y los que cabalgan en caballos serán avergonzados.
6Porque yo fortaleceré la casa de Judá, y guardaré la casa de José, y los haré volver; porque de ellos tendré piedad, y serán como si no los hubiera desechado; porque yo soy Jehová su Dios, y los oiré.
7Y será Efraín como valiente, y se alegrará su corazón como a causa del vino; sus hijos también verán, y se alegrarán; su corazón se gozará en Jehová.
8Yo los llamaré con un silbido, y los reuniré, porque los he redimido; y serán multiplicados tanto como fueron antes.
9Bien que los esparciré entre los pueblos, aun en lejanos países se acordarán de mí; y vivirán con sus hijos, y volverán.
10Porque yo los traeré de la tierra de Egipto, y los recogeré de Asiria; y los traeré a la tierra de Galaad y del Líbano, y no les bastará.
11Y la tribulación pasará por el mar, y herirá en el mar las ondas, y se secarán todas las profundidades del río; y la soberbia de Asiria será derribada, y se perderá el cetro de Egipto.
12Y yo los fortaleceré en Jehová, y caminarán en su nombre, dice Jehová.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. idols--literally, "the teraphim," the household gods, consulted in divination (see on Hos 3:4). D…
idols--literally, "the teraphim," the household gods, consulted in divination (see on Hos 3:4). Derived by GESENIUS from an Arabic root, "comfort," indicating them as the givers of comfort. Or an Ethiopian root, "relics." Herein Zechariah shows that the Jews by their own idolatry had stayed the grace of God heretofore, which otherwise would have given them all those blessings, temporal and spiritual, which they are now (Zac 10:1) urged to "ask" for.
diviners--who gave responses to consulters of the teraphim: opposed to Jehovah and His true prophets.
seen a lie--pretending to see what they saw not in giving responses.
comfort in vain--literally, "give vapor for comfort"; that is, give comforting promises to consulters which are sure to come to naught (Job 13:4; Job 16:2; Job 21:34).
therefore they went their way--that is, Israel and Judah were led away captive.
as a flock . . . no shepherd--As sheep wander and are a prey to every injury when without a shepherd, so the Jews had been while they were without Jehovah, the true shepherd; for the false prophets whom they trusted were no shepherds (Eze 34:5). So now they are scattered, while they know not Messiah their shepherd; typified in the state of the disciples, when they had forsaken Jesus and fled (Mat 26:56; compare Zac 13:7).
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II. against the shepherds--the civil rulers of Israel and Judah who abetted idolatry.
against the shepherds--the civil rulers of Israel and Judah who abetted idolatry.
punished--literally, "visited upon." The same word "visited," without the upon, is presently after used in a good sense to heighten the contrast.
goats--he-goats. As "shepherds" described what they ought to have been, so "he-goats" describes what they were, the emblem of headstrong wantonness and offensive lust (Isa 14:9, Margin; Eze 34:17; Dan 8:5; Mat 25:33). The he-goats head the flock. They who are first in crime will be first in punishment.
visited--in mercy (Luk 1:68).
as his goodly horse--In Zac 9:13 they were represented under the image of bows and arrows, here under that of their commander-in-chief, Jehovah's battle horse (Sol 1:9). God can make His people, timid though they be as sheep, courageous as the charger. The general rode on the most beautiful and richly caparisoned, and had his horse tended with the greatest care. Jehovah might cast off the Jews for their vileness, but He regards His election or adoption of them: whence He calls them here "His flock," and therefore saves them.
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III. Out of him--Judah is to be no more subject to foreigners, but from itself shall come its rulers.
Out of him--Judah is to be no more subject to foreigners, but from itself shall come its rulers.
the corner--stone, Messiah (Isa 28:16). "Corners" simply express governors (Sa1 14:38, Margin; Isa 19:13, Margin). The Maccabees, Judah's governors and deliverers from Antiochus the oppressor, are primarily meant; but Messiah is the Antitype. Messiah supports and binds together the Church, Jews and Gentiles.
the nail-- (Jdg 4:21; Isa 22:23). The large peg inside an Oriental tent, on which is hung most of its valuable furniture. On Messiah hang all the glory and hope of His people.
bow-- (Zac 9:13). Judah shall not need foreign soldiery. Messiah shall be her battle-bow (Psa 45:4-5; Rev 6:2).
every oppressor--rather, in a good sense, ruler, as the kindred Ethiopic term means. So "exactor," in Isa 60:17, namely, one who exacts the tribute from the nations made tributary to Judah [LUDOVICUS DE DIEU].
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IV. riders on horses--namely, the enemy's horsemen. Though the Jews were forbidden by the law to mult…
riders on horses--namely, the enemy's horsemen. Though the Jews were forbidden by the law to multiply horses in battle (Deu 17:16), they are made Jehovah's war horse (Zac 10:3; Psa 20:7), and so tread down on foot the foe with all his cavalry (Eze 38:4; Dan 11:40). Cavalry was the chief strength of the Syro-Grecian army (I Maccabees 3:39).
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V. Judah . . . Joseph--that is, the ten tribes. The distinct mention of both Judah and Israel shows …
Judah . . . Joseph--that is, the ten tribes. The distinct mention of both Judah and Israel shows that there is yet a more complete restoration than that from Babylon, when Judah alone and a few Israelites from the other tribes returned. The Maccabean deliverance is here connected with it, just as the painter groups on the same canvas objects in the foreground and hills far distant; or as the comparatively near planet and the remote fixed star are seen together in the same firmament. Prophecy ever hastens to the glorious final consummation under Messiah.
bring them again to place them--namely, securely in their own land. The Hebrew verb is compounded of two, "I will bring again," and "I will place them" (Jer 32:37) MAURER, from a different form, translates, "I will make them to dwell."
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VI. like a mighty man--in the battle with the foe (Zac 10:3, Zac 10:5).
like a mighty man--in the battle with the foe (Zac 10:3, Zac 10:5).
rejoice--at their victory over the foe.
children shall see it--who are not yet of age to serve. To teach patient waiting for God's promises. If ye do not at present see the fulfilment, your children shall, and their joy shall be complete.
rejoice in the Lord--the Giver of such a glorious victory.
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VII. hiss for them--Keepers of bees by a whistle call them together. So Jehovah by the mere word of Hi…
hiss for them--Keepers of bees by a whistle call them together. So Jehovah by the mere word of His call shall gather back to Palestine His scattered people (Zac 10:10; Isa 5:26; Eze 36:11). The multitudes mentioned by JOSEPHUS [Wars of the Jews, 3:2], as peopling Galilee two hundred years after this time, were a pledge of the future more perfect fulfilment of the prophecy.
for I have redeemed them--namely, in My covenant purpose "redeemed" both temporally and spiritually.
as they have increased--in former times.
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VIII. sow them among . . . people--Their dispersion was with a special design. Like seed sown far and w…
sow them among . . . people--Their dispersion was with a special design. Like seed sown far and wide, they shall, when quickened themselves, be the fittest instruments for quickening others (compare Mic 5:7). The slight hold they have on every soil where they now live, as also the commercial and therefore cosmopolitan character of their pursuits, making a change of residence easy to them, fit them peculiarly for missionary work [MOORE]. The wide dispersion of the Jews just before Christ's coming prepared the way similarly for the apostles' preaching in the various Jewish synagogues throughout the world; everywhere some of the Old Testament seed previously sown was ready to germinate when the New Testament light and heat were brought to bear on it by Gospel preachers. Thus the way was opened for entrance among the Gentiles. "Will sow" is the Hebrew future, said of that which has been done, is being done, and may be done afterwards [MAURER], (compare Hos 2:23).
shall remember me in far countries-- (Deu 30:1; Ch2 6:37). Implying the Jews return to a right mind in "all the nations" where they are scattered simultaneously. Compare Luk 15:17-18, with Psa 22:27, "All the ends of the world remembering and turning unto the Lord," preceded by the "seed of Jacob . . . Israel . . . fearing and glorifying Him"; also Psa 102:13-15.
live--in political and spiritual life.
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IX. Egypt . . . Assyria--the former the first, the latter among the last of Israel's oppressors (or r…
Egypt . . . Assyria--the former the first, the latter among the last of Israel's oppressors (or representing the four great world kingdoms, of which it was the first): types of the present universal dispersion, Egypt being south, Assyria north, opposite ends of the compass. MAURER conjectures that many Israelites fled to "Egypt" on the invasion of Tiglath-pileser. But Isa 11:11 and this passage rather accord with the view of the future restoration.
Gilead . . . Lebanon--The whole of the Holy Land is described by two of its boundaries, the eastern ("Gilead" beyond Jordan) and the northern ("Lebanon").
place shall not be found for them--that is, there shall not be room enough for them through their numbers (Isa 49:20; Isa 54:3).
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X. pass . . . sea with affliction--Personifying the "sea"; He shall afflict the sea, that is, cause …
pass . . . sea with affliction--Personifying the "sea"; He shall afflict the sea, that is, cause it to cease to be an obstacle to Israel's return to Palestine (Isa 11:15-16). Vulgate translates, "The strait of the sea." MAURER, "He shall cleave and smite." English Version is best (Psa 114:3). As Jehovah smote the Red Sea to make a passage for His people (Exo 14:16, Exo 14:21), so hereafter shall He make a way through every obstacle which opposes Israel's restoration.
the river--the Nile (Amo 8:8; Amo 9:5), or the Euphrates. Thus the Red Sea and the Euphrates in the former part of the verse answer to "Assyria" and "Egypt" in the latter.
sceptre of Egypt . . . depart-- (Eze 30:13).
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XI. I . . . strengthen them in . . . Lord-- (Hos 1:7). I, the Father, will strengthen them in the nam…
I . . . strengthen them in . . . Lord-- (Hos 1:7). I, the Father, will strengthen them in the name, that is, the manifested power, of the Lord, Messiah, the Son of God.
walk . . . in his name--that is, live everywhere and continually under His protection, and according to His will (Gen 5:22; Psa 20:1, Psa 20:7; Mic 4:5).
Next: Zechariah Chapter 11
Antiguo Testamento
Zechariah — Capítulo 10
PRAYER AND PROMISE. (Zac 10:1-12) Ask . . . rain--on which the abundance of "corn" promised by the Lord (Zac 9:17) depends. Jehovah alone can give it, and will give it on being asked (Jer 10:13; Jer 14:22). rain in . …
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Pedid a Jehová lluvia en la estación tardía. Jehová hará relámpagos, y os dará lluvia abundante, y hierba verde en el campo a cada uno.
2Porque los terafines han dado vanos oráculos, y los adivinos han visto mentira, han hablado sueños vanos, y vano es su consuelo; por lo cual el pueblo vaga como ovejas, y sufre porque no tiene pastor.
3Contra los pastores se ha encendido mi enojo, y castigaré a los jefes; pero Jehová de los ejércitos visitará su rebaño, la casa de Judá, y los pondrá como su caballo de honor en la guerra.
4De él saldrá la piedra angular, de él la clavija, de él el arco de guerra, de él también todo apremiador.
5Y serán como valientes que en la batalla huellan al enemigo en el lodo de las calles; y pelearán, porque Jehová estará con ellos; y los que cabalgan en caballos serán avergonzados.
6Porque yo fortaleceré la casa de Judá, y guardaré la casa de José, y los haré volver; porque de ellos tendré piedad, y serán como si no los hubiera desechado; porque yo soy Jehová su Dios, y los oiré.
7Y será Efraín como valiente, y se alegrará su corazón como a causa del vino; sus hijos también verán, y se alegrarán; su corazón se gozará en Jehová.
8Yo los llamaré con un silbido, y los reuniré, porque los he redimido; y serán multiplicados tanto como fueron antes.
9Bien que los esparciré entre los pueblos, aun en lejanos países se acordarán de mí; y vivirán con sus hijos, y volverán.
10Porque yo los traeré de la tierra de Egipto, y los recogeré de Asiria; y los traeré a la tierra de Galaad y del Líbano, y no les bastará.
11Y la tribulación pasará por el mar, y herirá en el mar las ondas, y se secarán todas las profundidades del río; y la soberbia de Asiria será derribada, y se perderá el cetro de Egipto.
12Y yo los fortaleceré en Jehová, y caminarán en su nombre, dice Jehová.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. idols--literally, "the teraphim," the household gods, consulted in divination (see on Hos 3:4). D…
Versículo 3
II. against the shepherds--the civil rulers of Israel and Judah who abetted idolatry.
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III. Out of him--Judah is to be no more subject to foreigners, but from itself shall come its rulers.
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IV. riders on horses--namely, the enemy's horsemen. Though the Jews were forbidden by the law to mult…
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V. Judah . . . Joseph--that is, the ten tribes. The distinct mention of both Judah and Israel shows …
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VI. like a mighty man--in the battle with the foe (Zac 10:3, Zac 10:5).
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VII. hiss for them--Keepers of bees by a whistle call them together. So Jehovah by the mere word of Hi…
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VIII. sow them among . . . people--Their dispersion was with a special design. Like seed sown far and w…
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IX. Egypt . . . Assyria--the former the first, the latter among the last of Israel's oppressors (or r…
Versículo 11
X. pass . . . sea with affliction--Personifying the "sea"; He shall afflict the sea, that is, cause …
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XI. I . . . strengthen them in . . . Lord-- (Hos 1:7). I, the Father, will strengthen them in the nam…