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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Verse 2
For for/because the household gods the household cult-objects have spoken they declared iniquity worthless wickedness and the diviners and the divining-ones see Gaze intently! lies falsehood and dreams dreams of falsehood empty falsehood they tell they speak forth emptiness vapor-breath they comfort they will comfort over upon therefore thus wander they broke camp like like sheep small livestock flock they are afflicted they will answer because for/because there is no there is not shepherd shepherding one of
כִּ֧י 𐤊𐤉 ki For for/because HC הַ/תְּרָפִ֣ים 𐤄/𐤕𐤓𐤐𐤉𐤌 haterafim the household gods the household cult-objects HTd/Ncmpa דִּבְּרוּ 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤅 diberu have spoken they declared HVpp3cp אָ֗וֶן 𐤀𐤅𐤍 aven iniquity worthless wickedness HNcmsa וְ/הַ/קּֽוֹסְמִים֙ 𐤅/𐤄/𐤒𐤅𐤎𐤌𐤉𐤌 vehaqosemim and the diviners and the divining-ones HC/Td/Vqrmpa חָ֣זוּ 𐤇𐤆𐤅 chazu see Gaze intently! HVqp3cp שֶׁ֔קֶר 𐤔𐤒𐤓 sheqer lies falsehood HNcmsa וַֽ/חֲלֹמוֹת֙ 𐤅/𐤇𐤋𐤌𐤅𐤕 vachalomot and dreams dreams of HC/Ncmpc הַ/שָּׁ֣וא 𐤄/𐤔𐤅𐤀 hashav falsehood empty falsehood HTd/Ncmsa יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ 𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤅 yedaberu they tell they speak forth HVpi3mp הֶ֖בֶל 𐤄𐤁𐤋 hevel emptiness vapor-breath HNcmsa יְנַֽחֵמ֑וּ/ן 𐤉𐤍𐤇𐤌𐤅/𐤍 yenachemun they comfort they will comfort HVpi3mp/Sn עַל 𐤏𐤋 al over upon HR כֵּן֙ 𐤊𐤍 ken therefore thus HTm נָסְע֣וּ 𐤍𐤎𐤏𐤅 naseu wander they broke camp HVqp3cp כְמוֹ 𐤊𐤌𐤅 khemo like like HR צֹ֔אן 𐤑𐤀𐤍 tson sheep small livestock flock HNcbsa יַעֲנ֖וּ 𐤉𐤏𐤍𐤅 yaanu they are afflicted they will answer HVqi3mp כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki-2 because for/because HC אֵ֥ין 𐤀𐤉𐤍 eyn there is no there is not HTn רֹעֶֽה 𐤓𐤏𐤄 roeh shepherd shepherding one of HVqrmsa
Verse 3
against upon the shepherds the tending-ones burned he burned hot my anger my nose and against and upon the male goats the mature he-goats I will punish I will attend to for for/because has visited he attended to the LORD Yahweh Yahweh of Hosts organized hosts (direct object marker) object-marker his flock his organized herd (direct object marker) object-marker house house-of of Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah and will make and he set them them like a horse like a horse his majestic his splendor in battle in the warfare
עַל 𐤏𐤋 al against upon HR הָֽ/רֹעִים֙ 𐤄/𐤓𐤏𐤉𐤌 haroim the shepherds the tending-ones HTd/Vqrmpa חָרָ֣ה 𐤇𐤓𐤄 charah burned he burned hot HVqp3ms אַפִּ֔/י 𐤀𐤐/𐤉 api my anger my nose HNcmsc/Sp1cs וְ/עַל 𐤅/𐤏𐤋 veal and against and upon HC/R הָ/עַתּוּדִ֖ים 𐤄/𐤏𐤕𐤅𐤃𐤉𐤌 haatudim the male goats the mature he-goats HTd/Ncmpa אֶפְק֑וֹד 𐤀𐤐𐤒𐤅𐤃 efeqod I will punish I will attend to HVqi1cs כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because HC פָקַד֩ 𐤐𐤒𐤃 faqad has visited he attended to HVqp3ms יְהוָ֨ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp צְבָא֤וֹת 𐤑𐤁𐤀𐤅𐤕 tsevaot of Hosts organized hosts HNcbpa אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et (direct object marker) object-marker HTo עֶדְר/וֹ֙ 𐤏𐤃𐤓/𐤅 edero his flock his organized herd HNcmsc/Sp3ms אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 (direct object marker) object-marker HTo בֵּ֣ית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt house house-of HNcmsc יְהוּדָ֔ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 yehudah of Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah HNp וְ/שָׂ֣ם 𐤅/𐤔𐤌 vesam and will make 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 HR/Ncmsc הוֹד֖/וֹ 𐤄𐤅𐤃/𐤅 hodo his majestic his splendor HNcmsc/Sp3ms בַּ/מִּלְחָמָֽה 𐤁/𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 bamilechamah in battle in the warfare HRd/Ncfsa
Verse 6
and-I-will-strengthen and I have made strong [-direct object marker-] object-marker house house-of Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah and-[-direct object marker-] and object-marker house house-of Joseph He adds Yosef I-will-save I will deliver and-I-will-bring-back-them and I caused them to return for for/because I-have-had-compassion-on-them I have deeply-compassioned them and-they-will-be and they became as-that as that which not not I-have-rejected-them I have rejected them for for/because I I the LORD Yahweh Yahweh God-of-them their mighty ones and-I-will-answer-them and I will answer them
וְ/גִבַּרְתִּ֣י 𐤅/𐤂𐤁𐤓𐤕𐤉 vegibareti and-I-will-strengthen and I have made strong HC/Vpp1cs אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [-direct object marker-] object-marker HTo בֵּ֣ית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt house 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 HNcmsc יוֹסֵף֙ 𐤉𐤅𐤎𐤐 yosef Joseph He adds Yosef HNp אוֹשִׁ֔יעַ 𐤀𐤅𐤔𐤉𐤏 oshia I-will-save I will deliver HVhi1cs וְ/הֽוֹשְׁבוֹתִי/ם֙ 𐤅/𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤉/𐤌 vehoshevotim and-I-will-bring-back-them and I caused them to return HC/Vhp1cs/Sp3mp כִּ֣י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because HC רִֽחַמְתִּ֔י/ם 𐤓𐤇𐤌𐤕𐤉/𐤌 richametim I-have-had-compassion-on-them I have deeply-compassioned them HVpp1cs/Sp3mp וְ/הָי֖וּ 𐤅/𐤄𐤉𐤅 vehayu and-they-will-be and they became HC/Vqp3cp כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר 𐤊/𐤀𐤔𐤓 kaasher as-that as that which HR/Tr לֹֽא 𐤋𐤀 lo not not HTn זְנַחְתִּ֑י/ם 𐤆𐤍𐤇𐤕𐤉/𐤌 zenachetim I-have-rejected-them I have rejected them HVqp1cs/Sp3mp כִּ֗י 𐤊𐤉 ki-2 for for/because HC אֲנִ֛י 𐤀𐤍𐤉 ani Ine (Bemba) 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 HNcmpc/Sp3mp וְ/אֶעֱנֵֽ/ם 𐤅/𐤀𐤏𐤍/𐤌 veeenem and-I-will-answer-them and I will answer them HC/Vqi1cs/Sp3mp
Verse 7
and they will be and they became like a mighty man like a mighty warrior Ephraim Double Fruitfulness Eferayim and their heart will rejoice and he rejoiced their heart their inner core as like wine fermented grape wine and their children and their sons will see they will see and be glad and they rejoiced will rejoice he will exult their heart their inner core in the LORD in Yahweh in Yahweh
וְ/הָי֤וּ 𐤅/𐤄𐤉𐤅 vehayu and they will be and they became HC/Vqp3cp כְ/גִבּוֹר֙ 𐤊/𐤂𐤁𐤅𐤓 khegibor like a mighty man like a mighty warrior HR/Aamsc אֶפְרַ֔יִם 𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌 eferayim Ephraim Double Fruitfulness Eferayim HNp וְ/שָׂמַ֥ח 𐤅/𐤔𐤌𐤇 vesamach and their heart will rejoice and he rejoiced HC/Vqp3ms לִבָּ֖/ם 𐤋𐤁/𐤌 libam their heart their inner core HNcmsc/Sp3mp כְּמוֹ 𐤊𐤌𐤅 kemo as like HR יָ֑יִן 𐤉𐤉𐤍 yayin wine fermented grape wine HNcmsa וּ/בְנֵי/הֶם֙ 𐤅/𐤁𐤍𐤉/𐤄𐤌 uveneyhem Bene (Bemba) and their children and their sons HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp יִרְא֣וּ 𐤉𐤓𐤀𐤅 yireu will see they will see HVqi3mp וְ/שָׂמֵ֔חוּ 𐤅/𐤔𐤌𐤇𐤅 vesamechu and be glad and they rejoiced HC/Vqp3cp יָגֵ֥ל 𐤉𐤂𐤋 yagel will rejoice he will exult HVqi3ms לִבָּ֖/ם 𐤋𐤁/𐤌 libam-2 their heart their inner core 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 from the 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 and to and toward 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 and not and not will be found he will be found for them —
וַ/הֲשִֽׁיבוֹתִי/ם֙ 𐤅/𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤉/𐤌 vahashivotim and I will bring them back and I brought them back HC/Vhp1cs/Sp3mp מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ 𐤌/𐤀𐤓𐤑 meerets from the 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 HVpi1cs/Sp3mp וְ/אֶל 𐤅/𐤀𐤋 veel and to and toward HC/R אֶ֨רֶץ 𐤀𐤓𐤑 erets 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 HVhi1cs/Sp3mp וְ/לֹ֥א 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo and not and not HC/Tn יִמָּצֵ֖א 𐤉𐤌𐤑𐤀 yimatse will be found he will be found HVNi3ms לָ/הֶֽם 𐤋/𐤄𐤌 lahem for them HR/Sp3mp
Verse 11
and he will pass through and he crossed over the sea in the sea of distress constraining distress and he will strike and he struck the sea in the sea waves rolled-up masses and they will dry up and they caused to dry up all the whole of depths abyssal depths of of the Nile river Yeor and he will bring down and he was brought down pride lofty grandeur of of Assyria Ashshur Ashur and the scepter staff-rod of of Egypt the Dual Enclosed-Land (Mitsrayim) Mitserayim will depart he will turn aside
וְ/עָבַ֨ר 𐤅/𐤏𐤁𐤓 veavar and he will pass through and he crossed over HC/Vqp3ms בַּ/יָּ֜ם 𐤁/𐤉𐤌 bayam the sea in the sea HRd/Ncmsa צָרָ֗ה 𐤑𐤓𐤄 tsarah of distress constraining distress HNcfsa וְ/הִכָּ֤ה 𐤅/𐤄𐤊𐤄 vehikah and he will strike and he struck HC/Vhp3ms בַ/יָּם֙ 𐤁/𐤉𐤌 vayam the sea in the sea HRd/Ncmsa גַּלִּ֔ים 𐤂𐤋𐤉𐤌 galim waves rolled-up masses HNcmpa וְ/הֹבִ֕ישׁוּ 𐤅/𐤄𐤁𐤉𐤔𐤅 vehovishu and they will dry up and they caused to dry up HC/Vhp3cp כֹּ֖ל 𐤊𐤋 kol all the whole of HNcmsc מְצוּל֣וֹת 𐤌𐤑𐤅𐤋𐤅𐤕 metsulot depths abyssal 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 HC/VHp3ms גְּא֣וֹן 𐤂𐤀𐤅𐤍 geon pride lofty grandeur of HNcmsc אַשּׁ֔וּר 𐤀𐤔𐤅𐤓 ashur of Assyria Ashshur Ashur HNp וְ/שֵׁ֥בֶט 𐤅/𐤔𐤁𐤈 veshevet and the scepter staff-rod of HC/Ncmsc מִצְרַ֖יִם 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 mitserayim of Egypt the Dual Enclosed-Land (Mitsrayim) Mitserayim HNp יָסֽוּר 𐤉𐤎𐤅𐤓 yasur will depart he will turn aside HVqi3ms
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