Zechariah 10:2

For household idols speak falsely; the diviners envision a lie; 1 they tell deceitful dreams and give empty comfort, 1 so they wander like sheep and suffer because there is no shepherd.

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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.

In Context

1Ask for rain from Yahweh in the season of the spring rain— 1 Yahweh who makes thunderstorms— 1 and he gives rain showers to everyone 1 and vegetation in the field. 1

3“My wrath burns against the shepherds; it is the male goats—the leaders—that I will punish. Yahweh of hosts will also attend to his flock, the house of Judah, and make them like his warhorse in battle!

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Cross References

Genesis 31:19When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father's household gods.

Deuteronomy 13:2and if the sign or the wonder comes about, of which he spoke to you and said, 'Let us go after other gods, that you have not known, and let us worship them,'

1 Kings 22:17So Micaiah said, “I saw all Israel scattered to the mountains, like sheep who have no shepherd, and Yahweh said, 'These have no shepherd. Let every man return to his house in peace.'”

Job 21:34How then do you comfort me with nonsense, 1 since in your answers there is nothing but falsehood?”

Isaiah 44:9All who fashion idols are nothing; the things they delight in are worthless; 1 their witnesses cannot see or know anything, and they will be put to shame. 1

Isaiah 46:5To whom will you compare me? Who do you think I resemble, so that we may be compared? 1

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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