Zechariah 10:1

Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain, even of the LORD that maketh lightnings; and He will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and the dreams speak falsely, they comfort in vain; therefore they go their way like sheep, they are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:23And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

1 Kings 18:41And Elijah said unto Ahab: 'Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.'

Job 36:27For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;

Psalms 65:9(65-10) Thou hast remembered the earth, and watered her, greatly enriching her, with the river of God that is full of water; Thou preparest them corn, for so preparest Thou her.

Psalms 104:13Who waterest the mountains from Thine upper chambers; the earth is full of the fruit of Thy works.

Proverbs 16:15In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 10:1

The scope of this chapter is much the same with that of the foregoing chapter—to encourage the Jews that had returned with hopes that though they had been under divine rebukes for their negligence in rebuilding the temple, and were now surrounded with enemies and dangers, yet God would do them good, and make them prosperous at home and victorious abroad. Now, I. They are here directed to eye the great God in all events that concerned them, and, both in the evils they suffered and in the comforts they desired, to… Read the whole commentary →

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