Zechariah 10:1-11:17 NIV

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-2

4. AGAINST THE TERAPHIM AND SORCERERSZechariah 10:1-2This little piece is connected with the previous one only through the latter’s conclusion upon the fertility of the land, while this opens with rain, the requisite of fertility. It is connected with the piece that follows only by its mention of the shepherdless state of the people, the piece that follows being against the false shepherds. These connections are extremely slight. Perhaps the piece is an independent one. The subject of it gives... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-12

THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH"Chapters 9-14FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of division for "Zechariah" 9-14. These chapters consist of a number of separate oracles, which their language and general conceptions lead us on the whole to believe were put together by one hand, and which, with the possible exception of some older fragments, reflect the troubled times in Palestine that followed on the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Zechariah 10:1

II. THE TWO PROPHETIC BURDENS--THE GREAT PROPHECIES OF THE FUTURE I. The First Burden (9-11) CHAPTER 9 1. The burden of the land of Hadrach (Zechariah 9:1-8 ) 2. Zion’s King of Peace (Zechariah 9:9-12 ) 3. The near-event of the invasion by Antiochus Ephiphanes (Zechariah 9:13-17 ; Zechariah 10:1 ) Zechariah 9:1-8 . The final section of Zechariah is of still greater interest. The Deliverer, King Messiah, is revealed in this section as suffering, rejected, pierced, slain. The great... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Zechariah 10:1

10:1 Ask ye of the {a} 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.(a) The Prophet reproves the Jews, because by their own infidelity they turn away God’s promised graces, and so famine came by God’s just judgment. Therefore to avoid this plague, he exhorts them to turn to God, and to pray in faith to him, and so he will give them abundance. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:1-12

Blessing Assured in God's Time (vv. 1-12) Following the prophecy of the certainty of God's future blessing for Israel, based on the perfect goodness and beauty of the Messiah, how good it is to see Israel encouraged to pray. They are to do so, however, as recognizing God's own time. Faith does this, for it depends on the certainty of the Word of God. This blessing for Israel is to be "at the time of the latter rain." The early rain was in October and November, and the latter rain in March... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-12

END THE AGE , OPEN THE MILLENNIUM It was stated that the first part of the book, chapters 1-8, referred chiefly, though not entirely, to the prophet’s own time. The basis of all the prophecies in that part had a historical relation to the period then present. They were uttered, to encourage the people in rebuilding the temple. And yet there is not one of them that did not take cognizance of the far future. The discourses of this, the second part, deal almost entirely with the future. It... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Zechariah 10:1

CONTENTS This Chapter is full of gospel promises, like the former, and particularly with an eye to the restoration of Judah; the close of the Chapter abounds with an assurance of many blessed things. read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-4

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 everyone grass in the field. 2. For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. 3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock the house... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Zechariah 10:1

Snows. Protestants, "Bright clouds," or "lightnings." (Haydock) --- God will presently grant your requests, after the persecution of Epiphanes. (Calmet) --- The latter season is when fruit ripens, the acceptable time to sue for grace. (Worthington) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:1-5

1-5 Spiritual blessings had been promised under figurative allusions to earthly plenty. Seasonable rain is a great mercy, which we may ask of God when there is most need of it, and we may look for it to come. We must in our prayers ask for mercies in their proper time. The Lord would make bright clouds, and give showers of rain. This may be an exhortation to seek the influences of the Holy Spirit, in faith and by prayer, through which the blessings held forth in the promises are obtained and... read more