Zechariah 10:1

They asked of Jehovah rain in a time of latter rain, Jehovah is making lightnings, And rain [in] showers He doth give to them. To each — the herb in the field.

Young's Literal Translation

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

2Because the teraphim did speak iniquity, And the diviners have seen a falsehood, And dreams of the vanity they speak, [With] vanity they give comfort, Therefore they have journeyed as a flock, They are afflicted, for there is no shepherd.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:23'And thy heavens which [are] over thy head have been brass, and the earth which [is] under thee iron;

1 Kings 18:41And Elijah saith to Ahab, 'Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.'

Job 36:27When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,

Psalms 65:9Thou hast inspected the earth, and waterest it, Thou makest it very rich, the rivulet of God [is] full of water, Thou preparest their corn, When thus Thou dost prepare it,

Psalms 104:13Watering hills from His upper chambers, From the fruit of Thy works is the earth satisfied.

Proverbs 16:15In the light of a king's face [is] life, And his good-will [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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