Verse 1
The Lord urged His people, in the day of blessing just described, to ask Him to send rain when they needed it in the spring, when they sowed their seed. He promised to send it, and it would cause their crops and other vegetation to grow (cf. Zechariah 9:11; Deuteronomy 11:13-14). Asking Him is only reasonable since He is the One who creates storm clouds. The Canaanites gave credit to Baal for sending rain and producing fertility, but Yahweh was the true rainmaker (cf. Jeremiah 14:22; Amos 5:8). Since rain is often a symbol of many types of blessing in the Old Testament, spiritual as well as physical blessing is probably in view here (cf. Zechariah 12:10; Isaiah 55:10-12; Hosea 6:3; Joel 2:21-32). Many good commentators included this verse with Zechariah 9:11-17 because of the continuation of thought. However all of chapter 10 continues the thought of the previous pericope.
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