Zechariah 10
1 Ask the Lord for rain in springtime, for he makes the rainclouds and sends showers to grow crops for everyone.
to ask from LORD rain in/on/with time spring rain LORD to make lightning and rain rain to give: give to/for them to/for man: anyone vegetation in/on/with land: country
2 Household idols give worthless answers, fortune-tellers tell lies, while interpreters of dreams just make things up and offer only false hope. As a result, people wander aimlessly like sheep, suffering because there is no shepherd.
for [the] teraphim to speak: speak evil: wickedness and [the] to divine to see deception and dream [the] vanity: false to speak: speak vanity to be sorry: comfort [emph?] upon so to set out like flock to afflict for nothing to pasture
3 I am angry with the shepherds, I will punish the leaders. For the Lord Almighty cares for his flock, the people of Judah, and will make them like his splendid warhorse.
upon [the] to pasture to be incensed face: anger my and upon [the] goat to reckon: visit for to reckon: visit LORD Hosts [obj] flock his [obj] house: household Judah and to set: make [obj] them like/as horse splendor his in/on/with battle
4 From the people of Judah will come the cornerstone, from them the tent-peg, the bow used in battle—all their rulers together.
from him corner from him peg from him bow battle from him to come out: produce all to oppress together
5 They will be like warriors going into battle, trampling their enemies in the mud. Because the Lord is with them they will fight and defeat the enemy cavalry.
and to be like/as mighty man to trample in/on/with mud outside in/on/with battle and to fight for LORD with them and be ashamed to ride horse
6 I will strengthen the people of Judah; I will save the people of Joseph. I will bring them back home because I am concerned for them. It will be like I had never rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and I will answer their cries for help.
and to prevail [obj] house: household Judah and [obj] house: household Joseph to save and to return: return them for to have compassion them and to be like/as as which not to reject them for I LORD God their and to answer them
7 The people of Ephraim will become like warriors, and they will become so happy—as if they had drunk wine. Their children will see what is happening and will be glad too, joyful in the Lord.
and to be like/as mighty man Ephraim and to rejoice heart their like wine and son: child their to see: see and to rejoice to rejoice heart their in/on/with LORD
8 I will whistle to them and they will run to me. I will rescue them, and there will be as many as there were before.
to whistle to/for them and to gather them for to ransom them and to multiply like to multiply
9 I have scattered them like seed among the nations, and in distant places they will remember me. They will bring up their children, and together they will return.
and to sow them in/on/with people and in/on/with distance to remember me and to live with son: child their and to return: return
10 I will bring them back from the land of Egypt; I will gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon, and there won't be enough room for them!
and to return: return them from land: country/planet Egypt and from Assyria to gather them and to(wards) land: country/planet Gilead and Lebanon to come (in): bring them and not to find to/for them
11 They will pass through the sea of trouble and strike the waves of the sea, and the waters of the Nile will dry up. Assyria's pride will be brought down, and Egypt's rule will pass away.
and to pass in/on/with sea distress and to smite in/on/with sea heap: wave and to wither all depth Nile and to go down pride Assyria and tribe: staff Egypt to turn aside: depart
12 I will make them strong in the Lord, and they will follow all he says, declares the Lord.
and to prevail them in/on/with LORD and in/on/with name his to go: walk utterance LORD
