Spring storm clouds building over green terraced hills, a veil of rain falling far off over young barley, a small village on a ridge.

Your King comes

Zechariah 10

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12 verses≈ 3 minBSB

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Where we are

1:1–6Return to MeA call to turn, in Darius’s second year
1:7–6:8Eight night visionsHorses, horns, a lampstand, a scroll, a basket, chariots
6:9–15The Branch crownedA crown for Joshua, and the Branch who builds
7–8Fasts to feastsJustice and mercy, and joy in Zion
9–11Your King comesThe King on a donkey, and the Shepherd rejectedChapter 10
12–14On that dayThe pierced One, the fountain, the LORD King

Judah and Israel Will Be Restored

Zechariah

Zechariah

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.

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Zechariah

For idols speak deceit

and diviners see illusions;

they tell false dreams

and offer empty comfort.

Zechariah

Zechariah

Therefore the people wander like sheep,

oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

God

“My anger burns against the shepherds,

and I will punish the leaders.

God

Morning in a stone stable: a fine bay war horse stands groomed, head high, in a bronze-studded harness and tasseled headstall, while two shaggy goats wander past its stall door.

For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock,

the house of Judah;

He will make them

like His royal steed in battle.

God

God

The cornerstone will come from Judah,

the tent peg from him,

as well as the battle bow

and every ruler together.

God

They will be like mighty men in battle,

trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets.

They will fight because the LORD is with them,

and they will put the horsemen to shame.

Question

Quick question

Look again at 10:1–2 before you answer.

Why does 10:1 tell the people to ask the LORD for rain?

God

I will strengthen the house of Judah

and save the house of Joseph.

God

I will restore them because I have compassion on them,

and they will be as though I had not rejected them.

For I am the LORD their God,

and I will answer them.

Zechariah 10:6

God

God

Ephraim will be like a mighty man,

and their hearts will be glad as with wine.

Their children will see it and be joyful;

their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.

God

Dusk on the flat roof of a mud-brick house in the Babylonian plain: a father and his small son, seen from behind, sit looking west toward a far horizon past palms and a canal, the last light fading.

Though I sow them among the nations,

they will remember Me in distant lands;

they and their children

will live and return.

God

I will bring them back from Egypt

and gather them from Assyria.

I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon

until no more room is found for them.

God

Before dawn: a narrow path of wet sand and stone runs out across a seabed between dark, heaving walls of green water, spray blowing, no one on it.

They will pass through the sea of distress

and strike the waves of the sea;

all the depths of the Nile will dry up.

The pride of Assyria will be brought down,

and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

God

Early morning, far off and from behind: returning families walk up a stony road toward a small Jerusalem on its ridge, bundles on their backs, children riding a donkey.

I will strengthen them in the LORD,

and in His name they will walk,”

declares the LORD.

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Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain

Pray

LORD, You make the storm clouds and You answer. Forgive me for running to empty comforts. Whistle for the ones I love who are far away, and let me walk in Your name. Amen.

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A verse to carry with you

I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.

Zechariah 10:6

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