Zechariah 10:1-11:5 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-4

Gracious things and glorious ones, very glorious and very gracious, were promised to this poor afflicted people in the foregoing chapter; now here God intimates to them that he will for these things be enquired of by them, and that he expects they should acknowledge him in all their ways and in all his ways towards them?and not idols that were rivals with him for their respects. I. The prophet directs them to apply to God by prayer for rain in the season thereof. He had promised, in the close... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 10:1

Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain ,.... There was the former and the latter rain, of which see Hosea 6:3 . The former rain was in autumn, a little before or about seed time; the latter was in the spring, and a little before harvest, which is here referred to. So Hesiod F7 Opera & Dies, l. 2. calls those rains the autumnal and vernal rains; and between these two rains there was seldom any more. Jerom says F8 Comment. in Amos iv. 7. fol. 39. F. that he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:1

Ask ye of the Lord rain - Rain in the due seasons - To impregnate the seed when sown; and 2. To fill the ear near the time of harvest - was so essential to the fertility of the land, and the well-being of the people, that it stands well among the chief of God's mercies and the promise of it here shows that God designs to ensure the prosperity promised, by using those means by which it was promoted. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:1

Verse 1 Zechariah, after having shown that God would be bountiful towards the Jews, so that nothing necessary to render life happy and blessed should be wanting, now reproves them for their unbelief, because they did not expect from the Lord what he was ready fully to bestow on them. As then it depended on them only, that they did not enjoy abundance of all blessings, he charges them with ingratitude: for though he exhorts them to prayer, there is yet an implied reproof. One by merely reading... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1

Ask ye of the Lord rain. The promise of abundance at the end of the last chapter suggests to the prophet to make a special application to the practice of his countrymen. They must put their trust in God alone for the supply of temporal as well as spiritual bounties. The latter rain was due at the time of the vernal equinox, and was necessary in order to swell the maturing grain (comp. Deuteronomy 11:14 ). The early rain occurred at the autumnal equinox. It was considered as a special... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-2

§ 4. A connecting link between the last section and the next. The condition for obtaining the promised blessings is that they are to be sought from the Lord, not from idols. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-2

Prayer for temporal blessings. I. AGREEABLE TO OUR CIRCUMSTANCES . Dependent. In want. Instinctively turn turn God. We have his Word to cheer us; the record of his deeds to comfort us; the testimony of his saints to encourage us. II. CONDITIONED BY THE NECESSITY OF THINGS . There are limits. Plainly there are things which it would be reasonable, and others which it would be unreasonable and foolish, to ask. "Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter," said our... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-2

Parable of the rain. I. MAN 'S GREAT NEED . Without rain the ground is impoverished and dead. So is the soul without God. No good fruit. II. MAN 'S GREAT RESOURCE . Not idols or enchantments, not human devices or philosophies, but appeal to God. He will withhold no good from them that walk uprightly. III. MAN 'S GREAT CONSOLATION . 1 . Sweet. (Cf. Deuteronomy 32:2 .) 2 . Timely. God does not give in an arbitrary way, but according to his own wise and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-4

God in relation to the good and the bad. "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 every one grass in the field," etc. This chapter is a continuation of the subject with which the former concluded; and the words lead us to observe three facts in relation to the Almighty. I. HE ATTENDS TO THE PRAYERS OF GOOD MEN . "Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-5

The secret of victory. "Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time," etc. In the last passage the Church of God (in its new Testament form, as we supposal) was presented to us under the figures of an army (verse 13, etc.); a flock (verse 16); and a field which the Lord had blessed (verse 17). In the present verses we find all these figures again employed: the field ( Zechariah 10:1 ); the flock ( Zechariah 10:2 , Zechariah 10:3 ); the army or host ( Zechariah 10:3-5 ). It would appear,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 10:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-5

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