Zechariah 10:6-12

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 10:5-12

Here are divers precious promises made to the people of God, which look further than to the state of the Jews in the latter days of their church, and have certain reference to the spiritual Israel of God, the gospel-church, and all true believers. I. They shall have God's favour and presence, and shall be owned and accepted of him. This is the foundation of all the rest: The Lord is with them, Zech. 10:5. He espouses their cause, takes their part, is on their side; and, if he be for them, who... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 10:6

And I wilt strengthen the house of Judah ,.... Both with internal and external strength, so that they shall be able to stand their ground against enemies of every sort: and I will save the house of Joseph : the ten tribes, such of them that shall be found, for all Israel shall be saved, Romans 11:26 not only temporally, but spiritually, with an everlasting salvation: and I will bring them again to place them ; there is but one word in the original text; it is composed of two words,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 10:7

And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man ,.... What remain, and shall be found of the ten tribes, shall be as is said of Judah, or the Jews of the two tribes, Zechariah 10:5 , and their heart shall rejoice as through wine : they shall be filled with inward and spiritual joy, through the love of God shed abroad in their heart; and through the Gospel of Christ having a place there; and through the blessings of divine grace, those streams of love, and which flow in the Gospel,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 10:8

I will hiss for them ,.... Or "whistle for them" F16 אשרקה "sibilabo", i. e. "fistula pastorali", Grotius, Burkius. ; the word signifies, as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe, the motion of the lips with the voice, and is a sign of calling; and so the Targum renders it, I will cry or call for them; and it denotes the call of them by the Gospel, which is the voice of Christ, which is soft, sweet, and melodious; is a sound of love, grace, and mercy; of peace, pardon, life, and salvation:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 10:9

And I will sow them among the people , The people of God in the Gentile world: this is to be understood of the conversion of the Jews, when they will become the good seed that hear the word, and understand it, and bring forth fruit; and of their being known, acknowledged, and reckoned among the people of God, who now are not; and of their being planted in Gospel churches, where the word is truly preached; the ordinances are faithfully administered; the Lord grants his presence, and saints... read more

John Gill

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

I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt ,.... The Targum paraphrases it, "and as I brought them out of the land of Egypt, so will gather their captivity out of Assyria;' suggesting there would be a likeness between the one and the other. Egypt may denote the state of distance and bondage in which all men are by nature; and the Jews, at their conversion, will be brought out of it, into the glorious liberty of the children of God, by the mighty arm of the Lord, according to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 10:11

And he shall pass through the sea with affliction ,.... Either the people of the Jews, as Israel of old did, when they came out of Egypt, to which the allusion is; or the wind shall pass through the sea, as Aben Ezra supplies it, and it shall become dry; that is, the river of Egypt: or "affliction" F18 Pagninus, Montanus, Munster, Vatablus, Calvin, Drusius, Cocceius. , as many supply it, shall pass through the sea; the nations, which are many as the sea, as Kimchi interprets it; and so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 10:12

And I will strengthen them in the Lord ,.... Not the Egyptians and Assyrians, but the Jews, as in Zechariah 10:5 , the Targum is, "I will strengthen them in the word of the Lord;' in the Messiah, by his power, and in the grace that is in him; and their faith and hope in him, and love to him: or "by" F20 ביהוה "per Jehovam", Piscator. him; so that, through him strengthening them, they will be able to do all things; to exercise grace; perform duty; withstand temptation; oppose... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:6

I will strengthen the house of Judah - I doubt whether the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth verses are not to be understood of the future ingathering of the Jews in the times of the Gospel. See Jeremiah 3:14 ; Jeremiah 23:6 ; Hosea 1:2 ; Hosea 6:11 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:7

Ephraim shall be like a mighty man - This tribe was always distinguished for its valor. read more

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