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Zechariah 10:11

And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, rather, "of distress," in allusion to the affliction felt by the children of Israel when they passed through the Red Sea, and shall smite the waves in the sea, keeping them under control by His powerful word; and all the deeps of the river shall dry up, the river Nile being referred to as the stream of the country of bondage; and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt shall depart away, so that none of the former oppressors would remain.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zechariah 10:11. _AND HE SHALL PASS THROUGH THE SEA_] Here is an allusion to the passage of the _Red Sea_, on their coming _out of Egypt_, and to their _crossing Jordan_, when they went into th...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND HE - that is, Almighty God, shall pass through the sea, affliction As He says, “When thou walkest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not oveflow thee. And...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 10:1-12 _ 1. The apostasy of Israel in the last days (Zechariah 10:2) _ 2. The victory over the enemies (Zechariah 10:5) 3. Deliverance and restoration (Zechariah 10:8)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    This is made up of several fragments. Zechariah 10:3_ a_ is apparently the beginning of a denunciation of Israel's leaders founded upon Ezekiel 34, whereas Zechariah 10:3_ b_ describes the Lord as vis...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AND. Though. HE. Septuagint reads "they". WITH. of. Gen, of Apposition. See App-17. THE RIVER: i.e. the Nile....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _he_ i.e. Jehovah, as He did through the Red Sea, when He gave the first great deliverance to His people. _with affliction_ i.e. to His enemies. Comp. Exodus 14:24-25; Exodus 14:27; Exodus 15:3-7. Thi...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND HE SHALL PASS, &C.— Some render these words, _And when they shall be in straits_ or _under difficulties, in passing over the sea,_ or _river_ [_Euphrates_]; then they shall smite the waves in Euph...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER XXXIX ISRAEL RESTORED Zechariah 10:1-12 RV. Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, even of Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre o...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    10:11 of (c-8) Or 'with.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    RESTORATION OF GOD'S PEOPLE 1, 2. A warning to trust in God and not in sorcerers. 3-7. The Lord will cast out the evil guides of the people, and under new leaders Ephraim and Judah will be victoriou...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HE] i.e. Israel. There will be a new exodus for God's people. SEA WITH AFFLICTION] better, perhaps, 'the narrow sea,' i.e. the arm of the Red Sea through which, once before, they passed. THE RIVER] i....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 10 V1 Ask the *LORD for rain in the springtime. It is the *LORD who makes the storm clouds. Also, he gives heavy rain to people and...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    These verses are evidently worded after the analogy of Isaiah 11:11. Compare especially the mention of Egypt and Assyria, the reference to the dividing of the Red Sea, and the unity of Ephraim and Jud...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HE. — That is, God. THE SEA WITH AFFLICTION. — Better, _the sea_ [where is] _affliction,_ or _straitness;_ unless, with Ewald, we read “sea of affliction.” On the construction in the Hebrew, see my _...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ עָבַ֨ר בַּ † יָּ֜ם צָרָ֗ה וְ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH" Chapter s 9-14 FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of division for "Zechariah...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    5. AGAINST EVIL SHEPHERDS Zechariah 10:3 The unity of this section is more apparent than its connection with the preceding, which had spoken of the want of a shepherd, or religious director, of Isra...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A LOWLY DELIVERER BRINGS PEACE Zechariah 9:9-17; Zechariah 10:1-12 Jesus must be King first, then Savior. He is lowly; His steed is not the richly caparisoned warhorse, but the humble ass; He needs n...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This victory led him to describe the yet greater and final victory of the people of God. He introduced this description by appealing to Zion to ask help of Jehovah, and immediately declaring Jehovah's...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And he (m) shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptr...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Sea. The Jews pretend that the Bosphorus' straits were dried up, to afford them a passage. (St. Jerome) --- But they must produce some stronger text to prove such a miracle. No obstacles shall be able...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased. 9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries, an...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The Prophet confirms what he had said respecting the power of God, which is so great that it can easily and without any effort lay prostrate all the mighty forces of the world. As then the impediments...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, 9, AND 10. The prophecy, from chapter 7 to the end of the book, has for its special object the introduction of the Messiah in Israel, with the consequen...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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 se...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And he shall pass through the sea with affliction_ The sense might be more properly expressed, _And he_ [Israel] _shall pass through the straits of the sea:_ so the LXX. and the Vulgate understand th...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    BLESSING ASSURED IN GOD'S TIME (vv. 1-12) Following the prophecy of the certainty of God's future blessing for Israel, based on the perfect goodness and beauty of the Messiah, how good it is to see...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-12 Here are precious promises to the people of God, which look to the state of the Jews, and even to the latter days of the church. Preaching the gospel is God's call for souls to come to Jesus Chr...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The former part of this verse might be read in the preter-perfect tense, reporting what God hath done, and perhaps more agreeably with the context and design, which is no doubt to confirm the promise,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zechariah 10:11 through H5674 (H8804) sea H3220 affliction H6869 strike H5221 (H8689) waves H1530 sea H3220 d

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD'S ANGER AT FALSE SHEPHERDS WHO LEAD HIS PEOPLE ASTRAY, BUT GOD WILL ENSURE THE COMING RESTORATION (ZECHARIAH 10:2). The picture now changes for a moment. If God is so powerful why are His people i...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Zechariah 10:1. _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._ The atheistic philosoph...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The future strengthening of Judah and Ephraim. Israel's dispersion and regathering in one view. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: God has a hand in all the events concerning Israel, and they sh...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Zechariah 10:1. _Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain,_ as stated in Deuteronomy 11:14. This rain fed the plant and made the harvest luxuriant. This chapter is therefore a continuati...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 10:1 In these verses Zechariah describes Judah’s leaders as “shepherds.” The current shepherds are unfaithful and greedy (vv. Zechariah 10:1), and God must rescue h

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 10:8 As a shepherd whistles for his flock, the Lord will WHISTLE to bring his people back from the nations where he scattered them. He will signal Israel’s restoration with...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 10:8. HISS] Whistle as bee-keepers call back swarms to the hive. The extraordinary increase of Jews after this is a familiar fact of history (cf. Josephus’ _Wars_, Bk. 3 ch...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 10:1, ZECHARIAH 10:2 § 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 Lor...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in this Kingdom Age, the promises of the Lord: Ask ye 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 f...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Kings 2:14; 2 Kings 2:8; Exodus 14:21; Exodus 14:22; Exodus 14:27;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And he passed through — The whole verse is an allusion to what God had done in the two famous deliverances of his people, bringing them out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, and through Jordan, and destr...

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