Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Zechariah 10:2
Vanity — Their predictions were vain. They went — They went into captivity. Troubled — Oppressed and afflicted. No shepherd — No ecclesiastical or civil governors, that would faithfully do their duty.
Vanity — Their predictions were vain. They went — They went into captivity. Troubled — Oppressed and afflicted. No shepherd — No ecclesiastical or civil governors, that would faithfully do their duty.
Verse Zechariah 10:2. _THE IDOLS HAVE SPOKEN VANITY_] This is spoken of the _Jews_, and must refer to their idolatry practised before the captivity, for there were no _idols after_. _THEREFORE THEY...
FOR THE TERAPHIM HAVE SPOKEN VANITY - Rather, “spake vanity.” He appeals to their former experience. Their father had sought of idols, not of God; therefore they went into captivity. The “teraphim” we...
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)...
IDOLS. Hebrew. _teraphim,_ or household gods. These cannot give rain (Jeremiah 14:22). vanity trash. A FLOCK. he-goats: i.e. bell-wethers. Compare Isaiah 14:9; Jeremiah 51:40....
_idols_ Lit. TERAPHIM. They were of human form, whether busts or full-length figures, and were apparently sometimes (1 Samuel 19:13), if not always (Genesis 31:19), of life size. Compare, for the use...
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...
For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was n...
10:2 distress, (l-34) Or 'are afflicted,' ch. 11.7....
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...
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 THEI...
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...
IDOLS. — Better, as in margin, _teraphim._ (See on Judges 17:5.) Against the post-exilian origin of this passage, and of 13:2, it has been objected that _idols and false prophets harmonise only with a...
כִּ֧י הַ תְּרָפִ֣ים דִּבְּרוּ ־אָ֗וֶן וְ הַ
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...
4. AGAINST THE TERAPHIM AND SORCERERS Zechariah 10:1 This little piece is connected with the previous one only through the latter's conclusion upon the fertility of the land, while this opens with ra...
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...
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...
For the (b) idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore (c) they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because [the...
_Vanity. Jason prevailed on many to imitate the Gentiles, 1 Machabees i. 12._...
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 everyone grass in the field. 2. For the idols have spoken vanity, and th...
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...
Here the Prophet, as I have said, confirms the truth, that the blame justly belonged to the Jews that God did not deal more liberally with them; for he shows that they had fallen into superstitions, a...
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...
FOR THE IDOLS HAVE SPOKEN VANITY,.... The vanities of the Gentiles cannot give rain; if they promise it, they speak vain things; God only can give it, and therefore it must, be asked of him, Jeremiah...
For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because [there was]...
_For the idols have spoken vanity_ What I have said will certainly be verified when, with sincere and pious minds, you apply to God in prayer for his blessing on you and your land; but the case was qu...
For the idols, to whom the children of Israel had formerly applied for help, HAVE SPOKEN VANITY, their household oracles not being dependable, AND THE DIVINERS HAVE SEEN A LIE, they have announced dec...
FURTHER BLESSINGS OF JEHOVAH UPON HIS PEOPLE. The subject discussed in the last Chapter was so great and wonderful that the Lord has not begun to exhaust it, but takes the opportunity of giving a ful...
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...
IDOLS: _ Heb._ teraphims WERE TROUBLED: Or, answered that etc....
1-5 Spiritual blessings had been promised under figurative allusions to earthly plenty. Seasonable rain is a great mercy, which we may ask of God when there is most need of it, and we may look for it...
THE IDOLS; images which before the captivity they venerated, and at them consulted their idols about plenty er barrenness, and concerning future events, JUDGES 10:14 ISAIAH 19:3. HAVE SPOKEN VANITY; t...
Zechariah 10:2 idols H8655 speak H1696 (H8765) delusion H205 diviners H7080 (H8802) envision H2372 (H8804) lies...
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...
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...
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...
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 idols have spoken vanity _ THE WORLD’S ORACLES There are not many who think for themselves; and even those who are reckoned to do so, depend for the materials of thinking upon what they hear, o...
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
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 10:2 In the past, the leaders sought help from HOUSEHOLD GODS, like those Rachel stole in Genesis 31:34, or from pagan...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Idol worshippers brought their judgments now; they must call upon Jehovah. ASK] He will give _rain: i.e._ all temporal and spiritual blessings. CLOUDS] Lightnings, precursors of rain....
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...
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...
1 Kings 22:17; Ezekiel 13:22; Ezekiel 13:23; Ezekiel 13:6; Ez