Zechariah 10:3

Yahweh says, “I am angry with the leaders [MET] of my people, and I will punish them. I, the Commander of the armies of angels, take care of my people, the people of Judah, like a shepherd takes care of his [MET] flock, and I will cause them to be like [SIM] proud/powerful war horses.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

In Context

2What people think that the idols in their houses suggest is only nonsense, and people who say that they can interpret dreams tell only lies. When they tell people things to comfort them, what they say is useless, so the people who ◄consult/trust in► them are like lost sheep; they are attacked because they have no one to protect them like [MET] a shepherd protects his sheep.

4From Judah will come rulers who will be very important, like [MET] a cornerstone is the most important stone for a house, like [MET] a tent peg is very important for a tent, like [MET] a bow is very important for ◄an archer/a man who shoots arrows►.

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Cross References

Exodus 4:31They believed that what they/we were saying was true. When they heard that Yahweh had seen how the Israeli people were being cruelly oppressed and that he was going to help them, they bowed down and worshiped Yahweh.

Job 39:25They neigh joyfully when they hear someone blowing the trumpet. They can smell a battle even when they are far away, and they understand what it means when the commanders shout their commands to their soldiers.

Song of Solomon 1:9You are beautiful, my darling, like the young female horse that pulls the chariot of the king of Egypt.

Isaiah 24:21At that time, Yahweh will punish the wicked powerful beings in the skies and the wicked kings on the earth.

Jeremiah 10:21Our leaders [MET] no longer have any sense; they no longer ask Yahweh to ◄guide them/tell them what to do►, so they will no longer prosper, and all those over whom they rule [MET] will be scattered.

Jeremiah 23:1Yahweh declares, “Terrible things will happen to the leaders [MET] of my people—those who are like shepherds of the people who are like my sheep—because they have scattered my people and sent them away, and have not taken care of them.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 10:2-5

Encouragements to Trust in God. ( b. c. 510.) 1 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. 2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. 3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the Lord of hosts hath… Read the whole commentary →

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