Zechariah 10 - Introduction

The Prophecy continued

This chapter is not a new prophecy but a continuation and expansion of the promises made in chap. 9. The coincidences of thought and even of language (as Maurer points out) are numerous and striking (see the references in the notes below). The first two verses of the chapter are intimately connected both with what precedes and with what follows them, so that there is a difference of opinion as to which of the two paragraphs they properly belong to. The promise of abundance of corn and wine, Zechariah 9:17, leads the prophet, true to his vocation to reform the present while he predicts the future, to call upon his countrymen to look for these blessings from the hand of God, Zechariah 10:1, and not from idols and diviners who had only deceived them and brought calamities upon them, Zechariah 10:2. The evil rulers, who for their sins had been set over them, shall, however (he foretells in resumption of the prophecy of the former chapter), be replaced by true leaders, Zechariah 10:3-4, who shall lead them to victory, Zechariah 10:5. The ten tribes shall share with the two the promised blessings, Zechariah 10:6-7. From all parts of the earth shall they be brought back to their own land, Zechariah 10:8-10, God Himself being as of old their Leader, Zechariah 10:11, and shall serve Him there, Zechariah 10:12.