Zechariah 10:5-11:3

Complete Jewish Bible

⁶ “I will strengthen the house of Y’hudah
and save the house of Yosef.
I will bring them back in my compassion for them;
they will be as if I hadn’t driven them out;
for I am Adonai their God,
and I will answer them.
⁷ Efrayim’s men will be like warriors;
their hearts will be cheered as if from wine.
Their children will see it and rejoice,
their hearts will be glad in Adonai.

⁸ “I will whistle for them and gather them,
because I have redeemed them;
they will be as numerous
as they were before;
⁹ and I will sow them among the peoples.
In distant lands they will remember me;
they will rear their children and then return.
¹⁰ I will bring them back from the land of Egypt
and gather them out of Ashur.
I will bring them into Gil‘ad and the L’vanon,
until there is no more room for them.

¹¹ “Trouble will pass over the sea
and stir up waves in the sea;
all the depths of the Nile will be dried up,
the pride of Ashur will be brought down,
and the scepter of Egypt will leave.
¹² But I will strengthen [Isra’el] in Adonai;
they will travel here and there in his name,”

says Adonai.

11 Open your doors, L’vanon,
so that fire can consume your cedars.
² Wail, cypress, because the cedar has fallen,
those splendid trees are ruined.
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
because the thick forest has been felled.
³ Listen to the wail of the shepherds,
because their glory is spoiled.
Listen to the roaring of young lions,
because the Yarden’s thickets are plundered.