# Zechariah 10 (New King James Version)
Restoration of Judah and Israel

##### Chapter 10
###### 1 Ask the Lord for rain  
In the time of the latter rain.  
The Lord will make flashing clouds;  
He will give them showers of rain,  
Grass in the field for everyone.

###### 2 For the idols speak delusion;  
The diviners envision lies,  
And tell false dreams;  
They comfort in vain.  
Therefore _the people_ wend their way like sheep;  
They are in trouble because _there is_ no shepherd.

###### 3 "My anger is kindled against the shepherds,  
And I will punish the goatherds.  
For the Lord of hosts will visit His flock,  
The house of Judah,  
And will make them as His royal horse in the battle.  

###### 4 From him comes the cornerstone,  
From him the tent peg,  
From him the battle bow,  
From him every ruler together.  

###### 5 They shall be like mighty men,  
Who tread down _their enemies_  
In the mire of the streets in the battle.  
They shall fight because the Lord is with them,  
And the riders on horses shall be put to shame.

###### 6 "I will strengthen the house of Judah,  
And I will save the house of Joseph.  
I will bring them back,  
Because I have mercy on them.  
They shall be as though I had not cast them aside;  
For I _am_ the Lord their God,  
And I will hear them.  

###### 7 _Those of_ Ephraim shall be like a mighty man,  
And their heart shall rejoice as if with wine.  
Yes, their children shall see _it_ and be glad;  
Their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.  

###### 8 I will whistle for them and gather them,  
For I will redeem them;  
And they shall increase as they once increased.

###### 9 "I will sow them among the peoples,  
And they shall remember Me in far countries;  
They shall live, together with their children,  
And they shall return.  

###### 10 I will also bring them back from the land of Egypt,  
And gather them from Assyria.  
I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon,  
Until no _more room_ is found for them.  

###### 11 He shall pass through the sea with affliction,  
And strike the waves of the sea:  
All the depths of the River shall dry up.  
Then the pride of Assyria shall be brought down,  
And the scepter of Egypt shall depart.

###### 12 "So I will strengthen them in the Lord,  
And they shall walk up and down in His name,"  
Says the Lord.