Idols] 'teraphim,' household images, probably in human form: cp. 1 Samuel 13:16. They were used for purposes of divination, and were probably connected originally with ancestor worship. They went their way] RV 'they' (i.e. the people) 'go their way,' as sheep when the pasture fails in one place go on to another.

3-12. The whole passage is difficult. A good conjecture summarises it as follows: God will visit Judah, in whom will arise brave and wise leaders. By their means the lost Ten Tribes (Joseph.. Ephraim, Zechariah 10:6), who are still in exile, will have a glorious restoration to Gilead and Lebanon.

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