Zechariah 10 Explained

Zechariah 10 is the tenth of the 14 chapters in the Book of Zechariah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.[1] This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Zechariah, and is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets. This chapter is a part of a section (so-called "Second Zechariah") consisting of Zechariah 9–14.

Text

The original text was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 12 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text, which includes the Codex Cairensis (from year 895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (930), and Codex Leningradensis (1008). Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, that is, 4Q82 (4QXIIg; 50–25 BCE) with extant verses 11–12.[2]

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B;

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B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK:

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S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A;

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A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q;

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Q; 6th century).

Prophetic warning against superstition (10:1–2)

This part contains the oracle urging the people to turn to God alone and regrets the lack of proper leadership or shepherd. The polemic against the 'bad shepherds' here continues a tradition found in Jeremiah 23 and Ezekiel 34.

Verse 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.[3]

Verse 2

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 no shepherd.[5]

Yahweh's holy war and the return from exile (10:3–12)

Yahweh will punish the bad shepherds (leaders) and will produce a leadership ("the cornerstone, the tent peg and the battle bow" in 10:4 9) from the "house of Judah", so with YHWH's power alone the people are gathered from their places of exile similar to the Exodus (10:11 9).

See also

Sources

. John J. Collins. Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures. Fortress Press. 2014. 9781451469233 .

. Michael D. Coogan . The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books: New Revised Standard Version, Issue 48 . Coogan . Michael David . Marc Zvi . Brettler . Carol Ann . Newsom . Pheme . Perkins . Augmented 3rd . Oxford University Press . 2007 . 9780195288810 .

. A Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature. Joseph Fitzmyer . William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. 2008. 9780802862419. Grand Rapids, MI .

. Christine Hayes. Introduction to the Bible. Yale University Press. 2015. 978-0300188271 .

. Ernst Würthwein . The Text of the Old Testament . Wm. B. Eerdmans . Grand Rapids, MI . 1995 . Erroll F.. Rhodes . 0-8028-0788-7 . January 26, 2019 .

External links

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Christian

Notes and References

  1. http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/15199-zechariah-book-of Zechariah, Book of
  2. http://thewaytoyahuweh.com/research/dead-sea-scrolls/#zechariah Dead sea scrolls – Zechariah
  3. 10:1 KJV KJV
  4. Note on Zechariah 10:1 in NET Bible
  5. 10:2 KJV KJV
  6. Exell, Joseph S.; Spence-Jones, Henry Donald Maurice (Editors). On "Zechariah 10". In: The Pulpit Commentary. 23 volumes. First publication: 1890. Accessed 24 April 2019.
  7. [Albert Barnes (theologian)|Barnes, Albert]
  8. [John Gill (theologian)|Gill, John]
  9. Jamieson, Robert; Fausset, Andrew Robert; Brown, David. Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary On the Whole Bible. "Zechariah 10". 1871.

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