Zechariah 10:2 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 10:2

For the idols have spoken vanity ,.... The vanities of the Gentiles cannot give rain; if they promise it, they speak vain things; God only can give it, and therefore it must, be asked of him, Jeremiah 14:22 . The word for idols is "teraphim", the same as in Genesis 31:19 and here signifies worshippers of idols, as the Targum interprets it; and may be understood of the idolatrous Papists who worship idols of gold, silver, brass, and wood, Revelation 9:20 and who speak lies in hypocrisy,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:2

The idols have spoken vanity - This is spoken of the Jews, and must refer to their idolatry practiced before the captivity, for there were no idols after. Therefore they went their way - They were like a flock that had no shepherd, shifting from place to place, and wandering about in the wilderness, seeking for pasture, wherever they might find it. Some think that the idols and diviners were those of the Seleucidae Greeks, who excited their masters with promises of success against the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:2

Verse 2 Here the Prophet, as I have said, confirms the truth, that the blame justly belonged to the Jews that God did not deal more liberally with them; for he shows that they had fallen into superstitions, and had thus turned away the favor of God, which was already certain and nigh to them. Zechariah does not here condemn foreign nations given to superstitions; but, on the contrary, he reproves the Jews themselves for leaving the true God, and for retaking themselves to idols, to soothsayers,... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:2

For . The prophet supports his exhortation to pray to Jehovah by showing the worthlessness of trust in idols. Idols ; teraphim. What these were is not known for certain. They seem to have been images of human form and sometimes of life size, corresponding in some degree to the lares or penates of the Romans ( Genesis 31:19 ; 1 Samuel 19:13 ). They were supposed to be capable of bestowing temporal blessings and giving oracles ( 17:5 ; 18:5 , 18:24 ; Ezekiel 21:21 ). Have... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 10:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-2

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-2

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