Today I was reading this chapter in Zechariah, and I thought, “This is cool, it can really apply to my life.” So I read it again, and wherever it says ‘Israel’ or ‘them’ or something like that, I subbed in ‘you’, and read it to myself. It goes like this:
Zechariah 10
The LORD Will Care for you
1 Ask the LORD for rain in the springtime;
it is the LORD who sends the thunderstorms.
He gives showers of rain to you,
and plants of the field to you.
2 The idols speak deceitfully,
diviners see visions that lie;
they tell dreams that are false,
they give comfort in vain.
Therefore you wander like sheep
oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
it is the LORD who sends the thunderstorms.
He gives showers of rain to you,
and plants of the field to you.
2 The idols speak deceitfully,
diviners see visions that lie;
they tell dreams that are false,
they give comfort in vain.
Therefore you wander like sheep
oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
3 “My anger burns against the shepherds,
and I will punish the leaders;
and I will punish the leaders;
for the LORD Almighty will care
for you and make you like a proud horse in battle.
4 From Judah will come the cornerstone,
from him the tent peg,
from him the battle bow,
from him every ruler.
5 Together you will be like warriors in battle
trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.
You will fight because the LORD is with you,
and you will put the enemy horsemen to shame.
for you and make you like a proud horse in battle.
4 From Judah will come the cornerstone,
from him the tent peg,
from him the battle bow,
from him every ruler.
5 Together you will be like warriors in battle
trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.
You will fight because the LORD is with you,
and you will put the enemy horsemen to shame.
6 “I will strengthen you
and save you.
I will restore you
because I have compassion on you.
You will be as though
I had not rejected you,
for I am the LORD your God
and I will answer you.
7 You will become like warriors,
and your heart will be glad as with wine.
You will see it and be joyful;
your heart will rejoice in the LORD.
8 I will signal for you
and gather you in.
Surely I will redeem you;
you will be as numerous as before.
and save you.
I will restore you
because I have compassion on you.
You will be as though
I had not rejected you,
for I am the LORD your God
and I will answer you.
7 You will become like warriors,
and your heart will be glad as with wine.
You will see it and be joyful;
your heart will rejoice in the LORD.
8 I will signal for you
and gather you in.
Surely I will redeem you;
you will be as numerous as before.
9 Though I scatter you among the peoples,
yet in distant lands you will remember me.
You will survive,
and you will return.
10 I will bring you back from Egypt
and gather you from Assyria.
I will bring you to Gilead and Lebanon,
and there will not be room enough for you.
11 You will pass through the sea of trouble;
the surging sea will be subdued
and all the depths of the Nile will dry up.
Assyria’s pride will be brought down
and Egypt’s scepter will pass away.
12 I will strengthen you in the LORD
and in his name you will walk and live securely,”
declares the LORD.
yet in distant lands you will remember me.
You will survive,
and you will return.
10 I will bring you back from Egypt
and gather you from Assyria.
I will bring you to Gilead and Lebanon,
and there will not be room enough for you.
11 You will pass through the sea of trouble;
the surging sea will be subdued
and all the depths of the Nile will dry up.
Assyria’s pride will be brought down
and Egypt’s scepter will pass away.
12 I will strengthen you in the LORD
and in his name you will walk and live securely,”
declares the LORD.
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