Zechariah 10:1
They asked of YHWH rain || In a time of spring rain, || YHWH is making lightnings, || And He gives to them rain [in] showers. To each—the herb in the field.
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Deuteronomy 28:23And your heavens which [are] over your head have been bronze, and the earth which [is] under you iron;
1 Kings 18:41And Elijah says to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.”
Job 36:27When He diminishes droppings of the waters, || They refine rain according to its vapor,
Psalms 65:9You have inspected the earth, and water it, || You make it very rich, the stream of God [is] full of water, || You prepare their grain, || When thus You prepare it,
Psalms 104:13Watering hills from His upper chambers, || The earth is satisfied from the fruit of Your works.
Proverbs 16:15In the light of a king’s face [is] life, || And his goodwill [is] as a cloud of the spring 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 →