Zechariah 10:1

Ask ye from Yahweh rain, in the time of the latter rain, Yahweh, who causeth flashes of lightning,—and, rain in abundant showers, giveth he unto them, to every man, herbage in the field;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 household gods, have spoken vanity, and, the diviners, have had vision of falsehood, and, deceitful dreams, do they relate, vainly, do they console,—for this reason, have they moved about like a flock, they suffer ill, because there is no shepherd.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:23And thy heavens which are over thy head shall become bronze,—and the earth which is under thee iron.

1 Kings 18:41Then said Elijah unto Ahab, Go up, eat and drink,—for there is a sound of a downpour of rain.

Job 36:27For he draweth up drops of water, They trickle as rain through his mist;

Psalms 65:9Thou hast visited the earth, and made it abound, Abundantly, dost thou enrich it—The channel of God, is full of waters, Thou preparest their corn, Yea, thus, dost thou prepare it:

Psalms 104:13Who watereth the mountains out of his upper chambers, Out of the fruit of thy works, thou satisfiest the earth.

Proverbs 16:15In the light of a king’s countenance, is life, and, his good-pleasure, is like the cloud of harvest-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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