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Zechariah 10:12

And I will strengthen them in the Lord, in Jehovah, the covenant God, and they shall walk up and down in His name. saith the Lord, so that they would live under His protection and in accordance with His will. The entire connection brings out the characteristics of the New Testament Church, whose members form a royal priesthood and find their delight in walking in the ways of the Lord.

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See also Zechariah 10:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zechariah 10:12. _I WILL STRENGTHEN THEM IN THE LORD_] I, the God of Israel, will strengthen them in the Lord-Jesus, _the Messiah_; and thus indeed the _Chaldee: I will strengthen them_, בימרא ד...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I WILL STRENGTHEN THEM IN THE LORD - As our Lord said to Paul, “My strength is made perfect in weakness,” and Paul said in turn, “When I am weak, then am I strong. And in His Name shall they walk up a...

  • 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

    WALKUP AND DOWN, &c.. walk (habitually). Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 5:24; Genesis 6:9; Genesis 17:1). App-92. Compare Micah 4:5;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _walk up and down_ i.e. pursue the course of their lives. Comp. Micah 4:5; Coloss. Zechariah 3:7....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1255 CHRIST THE STRENGTH OF HIS PEOPLE Zechariah 10:12. _I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they shall walk up and down in His name, saith the Lord_. IF we were to judge of Christiani...

  • 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 I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD. AND I WILL STRENGTHEN THEM IN THE LORD - (). I, the Father, will strengthen them in the name - i...

  • 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

    THEM] i.e. Israel, to whose glorious restoration the thoughts of the prophet return. SHALL WALK UP AND DOWN IN HIS (i.e. the Lord's) NAME] LXX renders, 'In His name shall they boast themselves.'...

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ גִבַּרְתִּים֙ בַּֽ יהוָ֔ה וּ בִ שְׁמֹ֖ו

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS. Blessed Jesus! thou hast promised to be as the dew to Israel, and here thou commandest thy people to ask those blessings of thee. Lord! when thou art coming forth in grace, thou inclinest...

  • 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

    Here at length he includes the substance of what we have noticed, that there would be sufficient help in God to raise up and support his people, and to render them victorious over all their enemies. H...

  • 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 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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD. Ver. 12. _And I will strengthen them in the Lord_] That is, in Christ, the head of the Churches; ...

  • 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

    I WILL STRENGTHEN THEM: see MALACHI 10:6. IN THE LORD, their God, in Christ, say some; and it is true enough, whether these words so mean or no, God and Christ are the strength of the church, and of a...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zechariah 10:12 strengthen H1396 (H8765) LORD H3068 down H1980 (H8691) name H8034 Says H5002 (H8803) LORD...

  • 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 Biblical Illustrator

    _And I will strengthen them in the Lord _ FURTHER AND CONTINUING GRACE This prophecy is closed with a promise concerning their way and carriage for whom the Lord doth all this, that they shall be en...

  • 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

    1 John 1:6; 1 John 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:1;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Walk up and down — Shall manage all their affairs. In his name — By power and wisdom given from above, to the glory of our God, and our Redeemer....

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