Zechariah 10:1

Translations

Modern

Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.

Traditional

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.

Literal

Ask from YHWH the rain in the time of the spring rain; and YHWH, the One making the storm clouds, He will give to them the shower of rain, to each man the herb in the field.

Latin

Petite a Domino pluviam in tempore serotino, et Dominus faciet nives: et pluviam imbris dabit eis, singulis herbam in agro.

Original

Hebrew

English

Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.

Notes

Zechariah 10:1

Rain was a sign of divine blessing (see Joel 2:23). The Lord provided the rain, but Israel's leaders made the people trust false gods instead.

Zechariah 10:1–3

This rebuke targets false shepherds, human leaders who use their people for their own benefit instead of caring for them.

Zechariah 10:1–11:3

God will strengthen his people with his power and restore them because of his compassion (Zechariah 10:6, 12). The passage mentions shepherds several times (Zechariah 10:2–3; 11:3). These references prepare the reader for the next section, which uses an allegory (a symbolic story) about good and evil shepherds (11:4–17).

Theme notes and profiles

Apocalyptic Literature

Events

Prophecies of Zechariahc. 520 BC

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Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
Matthew 7:7–8
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
John 16:23
In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
Deuteronomy 28:23
The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
Psalm 65:9
You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
James 5:7
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
Ezekiel 36:37
This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.
Isaiah 30:23
Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
Micah 5:7
Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
Amos 4:7
“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.
Hosea 10:12
Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

Glossary

Spring Rains, Latter Rain Zechariah, Book of

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God Clouds: Different Kinds of, Mentioned: Bright Gifts from God: Temporal: Prayer For Lightning: General Scriptures Concerning Prayer: Answer To, Promise Rain: Answer to Prayer For, Promised Rain: The Latter, Before Harvest The Gifts of God: Temporal: Pray For

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