Zacarias 10

1 Ask ye of Hashem rain in the time of the latter rain;

from Hashem who makes the storm clouds,

and gives them showers of rain,

to every one esev*10:1 Gn 1:12 in the sadeh.

2 For the terafim (idols) have spoken aven (deceit, nothing),

and the diviners*10:2 i.e., fortune tellers envision sheker,

and have told false chalomot (dreams);

hevel is their comfort;

therefore the people wander like sheep,

oppressed for lack of a ro’eh (shepherd).

3 Mine anger was kindled against the ro’im (shepherds),

and I punished the attudim (he-goats, leaders);

for Hashem Tzva’os hath visited His eder (flock),

Bais Yehudah,

and hath made them like His majestic war horse.

4 From him*10:4 Yehudah will come forth the Pinnah (Cornerstone),*10:4 i.e., Moshiach, Isa 28:16; Gn 49:10

from him, the Yated (Tent Peg),*10:4 support, i.e. leader of the people, Isa 22:23-24

from him, the Keshet Milchamah (battle bow),*10:4 Ps 45:5

from him every ruler.

5 Together they*10:5 Bais Yehudah, (10:3) shall be like gibborim,

which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the milchamah;

and they shall fight, because Hashem is with them,

and they shall overthrow the riders on susim.

6 And I will strengthen the Bais Yehudah,

and I will save the Bais Yosef,

and I will restore them; for I have rachamim upon them;

and they shall be as though I had not rejected them;

for I am Hashem Eloheihem, and I will answer them.

7 And they of Ephrayim shall be like a gibbor (mighty man),

and their lev shall have simcha as through yayin;

yea, their banim shall see, and have simcha,

and their lev shall rejoice in Hashem.

8 I will whistle for them, and I will gather them in;

for I have redeemed them;

and they shall multiply as they have multiplied.

9 And I will sow them among the peoples;

and they shall remember Me in far countries;

and they shall survive and live with their banim,

and they will return.

10 I will bring them back again also out of Eretz Mitzrayim,

and gather them out of Assyria;

and I will bring them into the Eretz Gil’ad and Levanon;

until no more room shall be found for them.

11 And He*10:11 Hashem shall pass through the yam of tzarah,

and shall strike the waves in the yam,

and all the depths of the Nile shall dry up;

and the ga’on (pride) of Assyria shall be cast down,

and the shevet (scepter)*10:11 i.e., power of Mitzrayim shall depart.

12 And I will strengthen them*10:12 Ephrayim (10:7) in Hashem;

and they shall walk in Shmo (His Name), saith Hashem.