
Zec 10:1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the later rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
later rain
Cf. Hos 6:3; Joe 2:23-32; Zec 12:10. There is both a physical and spiritual meaning: Rain as of old will be restored to Palestine, but, also, there will be a mighty effusion of the Spirit upon restored Israel.
Zec 10:3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
battle
Zec 10:4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
came forth the corner
The tense is future: "From him [Judah] shall be the cornerstone (Exodus 17:6; Scofield 1 Peter 2:8, note), from him the nail (Isa 22:23, 24), from him the battle-bow," etc. The whole scene is of the events which group about the deliverance of the Jews in Palestine in the time of the northern invasion under the "Beast" (Dan 7:8; Rev 19:20, and "Armageddon," Scofield Rev 16:14; 19:17. The final deliverance is wholly effected by the return of the LORD (Rev 19:11-21), but previously He strengthens the hard-pressed Israelites (Mic 4:13; Zec 9:13-15; 10:5-7; 12:2-6; 14:14). That there may have been a precursive fulfilment in the Maccabean victories can neither be affirmed nor denied from Scripture.
Zec 10:6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
they shall be as though I had not cast them off
Israel (prophecies). Zec 10:6-12. Mat 24:31. (Gen 12:2, 3; Rom 11:26.)
Zec 10:8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
redeemed
Scofield Exodus 14:30, note; Isaiah 59:20, note.
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