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Text -- Zechariah 10:11-12 (NET)

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10:11 The Lord will cross the sea of storms and will calm its turbulence. The depths of the Nile will dry up, the pride of Assyria will be humbled, and the domination of Egypt will be no more. 10:12 Thus I will strengthen them by my power, and they will walk about in my name,” says the Lord.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Assyria a member of the nation of Assyria
 · Egypt descendants of Mizraim
 · Nile a river that flows north through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea
 · sea the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River,the Mediterranean Sea,the Persian Gulf south east of Babylon,the Red Sea
 · sea of Egypt the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River
 · Sea of Egypt the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River


Dictionary Themes and Topics: ZECHARIAH, BOOK OF | TRIBULATION | SCEPTRE; SCEPTER | RIVER | Israel | Egypt | Blessing | Assyria | more
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Wesley: Zec 10:11 - -- The whole verse is an allusion to what God had done in the two famous deliverances of his people, bringing them out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, and...

The whole verse is an allusion to what God had done in the two famous deliverances of his people, bringing them out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, and through Jordan, and destroying the Egyptians, and delivering them out of Assyrian bondage, and in order thereto, destroying that kingdom.

Wesley: Zec 10:12 - -- Shall manage all their affairs.

Shall manage all their affairs.

Wesley: Zec 10:12 - -- By power and wisdom given from above, to the glory of our God, and our Redeemer.

By power and wisdom given from above, to the glory of our God, and our Redeemer.

JFB: Zec 10:11 - -- Personifying the "sea"; He shall afflict the sea, that is, cause it to cease to be an obstacle to Israel's return to Palestine (Isa 11:15-16). Vulgate...

Personifying the "sea"; He shall afflict the sea, that is, cause it to cease to be an obstacle to Israel's return to Palestine (Isa 11:15-16). Vulgate translates, "The strait of the sea." MAURER, "He shall cleave and smite." English Version is best (Psa 114:3). As Jehovah smote the Red Sea to make a passage for His people (Exo 14:16, Exo 14:21), so hereafter shall He make a way through every obstacle which opposes Israel's restoration.

JFB: Zec 10:11 - -- The Nile (Amo 8:8; Amo 9:5), or the Euphrates. Thus the Red Sea and the Euphrates in the former part of the verse answer to "Assyria" and "Egypt" in t...

The Nile (Amo 8:8; Amo 9:5), or the Euphrates. Thus the Red Sea and the Euphrates in the former part of the verse answer to "Assyria" and "Egypt" in the latter.

JFB: Zec 10:11 - -- (Eze 30:13).

JFB: Zec 10:12 - -- (Hos 1:7). I, the Father, will strengthen them in the name, that is, the manifested power, of the Lord, Messiah, the Son of God.

(Hos 1:7). I, the Father, will strengthen them in the name, that is, the manifested power, of the Lord, Messiah, the Son of God.

JFB: Zec 10:12 - -- That is, live everywhere and continually under His protection, and according to His will (Gen 5:22; Psa 20:1, Psa 20:7; Mic 4:5).

That is, live everywhere and continually under His protection, and according to His will (Gen 5:22; Psa 20:1, Psa 20:7; Mic 4:5).

Clarke: Zec 10:11 - -- And he shall pass through the sea - Here is an allusion to the passage of the Red Sea, on their coming out of Egypt, and to their crossing Jordan, w...

And he shall pass through the sea - Here is an allusion to the passage of the Red Sea, on their coming out of Egypt, and to their crossing Jordan, when they went into the promised land; the waves or waters of both were dried up, thrown from side to side, till all the people passed safely through. When they shall return from the various countries in which they now sojourn, God will work, if necessary, similar miracles to those which he formerly worked for their forefathers; and the people shall be glad to let them go, however much they may be profited by their operations in the state. Those that oppose, as Assyria and Egypt formerly did, shall be brought down, and their scepter broken.

Clarke: Zec 10:12 - -- I will strengthen them in the Lord - I, the God of Israel, will strengthen them in the Lord-Jesus, the Messiah; and thus indeed the Chaldee: I will ...

I will strengthen them in the Lord - I, the God of Israel, will strengthen them in the Lord-Jesus, the Messiah; and thus indeed the Chaldee: I will strengthen them, בימרא דיי bemeymre dayai , in or by the Word of Jehovah, the same personal Word which we so often meet with in the Chaldee paraphrases or Targum

Clarke: Zec 10:12 - -- They shall walk up and down in his name - In the name of the Messiah. Saith the Lord - God speaks here, not of himself, but concerning his Christ. T...

They shall walk up and down in his name - In the name of the Messiah. Saith the Lord - God speaks here, not of himself, but concerning his Christ. The Jews shall have complete liberty; they shall appear everywhere as a part of the flock of Christ, and no difference be made between them and the converted Gentiles. They shall be all one fold under one Shepherd and Bishop of all souls.

Calvin: Zec 10:11 - -- The Prophet confirms what he had said respecting the power of God, which is so great that it can easily and without any effort lay prostrate all the ...

The Prophet confirms what he had said respecting the power of God, which is so great that it can easily and without any effort lay prostrate all the mighty forces of the world. As then the impediments which the Jews observed might have subverted their hope, the Prophet here removes them; he reminds the Jews that God’s power would be far superior to all the impediments which the world could throw in their way. But the expressions are figurative, and allusions are made to the history of the first redemption.

Pass through the sea shall distress. As God formerly gave to his people a passage through the Red Sea, (Exo 14:21;) so the Prophet now testifies that this power was unchangeable, so that God could easily restore his people, though the sea was to be dried up, and rivers were to be emptied. He says first, Pass shall distress through the sea, that is, spread shall distress, etc., for so the verb עבר , ober, is to be taken here. Pass then shall distress through the sea, 128 that is, the Lord will terrify the sea, and so shake it with his power that the waters will obey his command. But he afterwards explains himself in other words, He will smite the waves in the sea. He means that God’s command is sufficient to change the order of nature, so that the waters would immediately disappear at his bidding. He then adds, All the depths of the river shall dry up; some read, “shall be ashamed,” deriving the verb from בוש , bush; but it comes from יבש , ibesh: and this indeed means sometimes to be ashamed, but it means here to dry up. Others regard it as transitive, “The wind shall dry up the depths.” But as to the object of the Prophet, the passive or active sense of the verb is of no moment; for the Prophet no doubt means here, that there would be so much force in the very nod of God as to dry up rivers suddenly, according to what happened to Jordan; which being smitten by the rod of Moses dried up and afforded a passage to the people.

He at length speaks clearly, Cast down shall be the pride of Asshur, and the scepter of Egypt shall depart. In the preceding metaphor Zechariah alludes, as I have said, to the first redemption, as it was usual with all the Prophets to remind the people of the former miracles, that they might expect from the Lord in future what their fathers had witnessed. He now however declares, that God would be the Redeemer of his people, though the Assyrians on one side, and the Egyptians on the other, were to attempt to frustrate his purpose; for they could effect nothing by their obstinacy, as God could easily subdue both. He at last adds —

Calvin: Zec 10:12 - -- Here at length he includes the substance of what we have noticed, that there would be sufficient help in God to raise up and support his people, and ...

Here at length he includes the substance of what we have noticed, that there would be sufficient help in God to raise up and support his people, and to render them victorious over all their enemies. He had already proved this by saying, that God had formerly sufficiently testified by many miracles how much superior he was to the whole world; but he briefly completes the whole of this proof, and shows, that the Jews, provided that they relied on God and expected from him what he had promised, would be sufficiently strong, though the whole power of the world were to rise up against them.

He also mentions the name of God, They shall walk, he says, in his name, that is, under his auspices. In short, there is here an implied contrast between the name of God and the wealth and the forces of their enemies, which might have filled the minds of the faithful with fear, and cast them down. Hence the Prophet bids the Jews to give the glory to God, and not to doubt but that they would be victorious, whatever hindrance the world might throw in their way. And by this word walk, he means a continued course of life, as though he had said, that the people indeed had returned from exile, that is, in part; but that more of them were to be expected, for the Lord had not only been a leader in their return, but that he would be also their perpetual guardian, and defend them to the end.

TSK: Zec 10:11 - -- he shall : Psa 66:10-12; Isa 11:15, Isa 11:16, Isa 42:15, Isa 42:16, Isa 43:2 smite : Exo 14:21, Exo 14:22, Exo 14:27, Exo 14:28; Jos 3:15-17; 2Ki 2:8...

TSK: Zec 10:12 - -- I will : Zec 10:6, Zec 12:5; Psa 68:34, Psa 68:35; Isa 41:10, Isa 45:24; Eph 6:10; Phi 4:13; 2Ti 2:1 walk : Gen 5:24, Gen 24:40; Isa 2:5; Mic 4:5; Col...

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Barnes: Zec 10:11 - -- And He - that is, Almighty God, shall pass through the sea, affliction As He says, "When thou walkest through the waters, I will be with thee; ...

And He - that is, Almighty God, shall pass through the sea, affliction As He says, "When thou walkest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not oveflow thee. And shall smite the waves in the sea"Isa 43:2, as in Isaiah, "The Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea"Isa 11:15. The image is from the deliverance of Egypt: yet it is said, that it should not be any exact repetition of the miracles of Egypt; it would be as the Red Sea Exo 14:10, Exo 14:12, which would as effectually shut them in, and in presence of which they might again think themselves lost, through which God would again bring them. But it would not be the Red sea itself; for "the sea"through which they should be brought, would be "affliction;"as our own poet speaks of "taking arms against a sea of troubles."Cyril: "The promise of succor to those who believe in Christ is under the likeness of the things given to those of old; for as Israel was conveyed across the Red sea, braving the waves in it; "for the waters stood upright as an heap"Exo 15:8, God bringing this to pass marvelously; and as "they passed the Jordan on foot"Jos 3:17; so he says, those who are called through Moses to the knowledge of Christ, and have been saved by the ministries of the holy Apostles, they shall pass the waves of this present life, like an angrily foaming sea, and, being removed from the tumult of this life, shall, undisturbed, worship the true God. And they shall pass through temptations, like sweeping rivers, saying with great joy, in like way, "Unless the Lord had been for us, may Israel now say, the waters had drowned us, the stream had gone over our souls"Psa 124:1-5.

He shall smite the waves in the sea. There, where the strength of the powers of this world is put forth against His people, there He will bring it down. "All the deeps of the river,"that is, of the Nile ,

"Shall be dried up."The Nile as a mighty river is substituted for the Jordan, symbolizing the greater putting forth of God’ s power in the times to come.

And the pride of Asshur shall be brought down - Ribera: "When the good receive their reward, then their enemies shall have no power over them, but shall be punished by Me, because they injured My elect. - By the Assyrians and Egyptians he understands all their enemies."

Barnes: Zec 10:12 - -- I will strengthen them in the Lord - As our Lord said to Paul, "My strength is made perfect in weakness,"and Paul said in turn, "When I am weak...

I will strengthen them in the Lord - As our Lord said to Paul, "My strength is made perfect in weakness,"and Paul said in turn, "When I am weak, then am I strong. And in His Name shall they walk up and down,"have their whole conversation (Dionysius), "in Him according to His will, and diligent in all things to speak and act in ills grace and divine hope."Jerome: "Christians walk in the Name of Christ, and there is written on the new white stone given to them a "new name"Rev 2:17, and under the dignity of a name so great, they walk with God, as "Enoch walked and pleased God and was translated"Gen 5:24.

Saith the Lord - Dionysius: "Again the Lord God speaks of the Lord God, as of Another, hinting the plurality of Persons in the Godhead."

Poole: Zec 10:11 - -- The former part of this verse might be read in the preter-perfect tense, reporting what God hath done, and perhaps more agreeably with the context a...

The former part of this verse might be read in the preter-perfect tense, reporting what God hath done, and perhaps more agreeably with the context and design, which is no doubt to confirm the promise, and make it credible, though so many and great difficulties render it unlikely to reason: I will, saith God, Zec 10:10 ; I promise, who am he that hath passed through the sea, the Red Sea, and brought my people through: who hath clone this call do what he now promiseth. I am he that dried up the deeps of Jordan (when at deepest by the floods, which were then upon the river); I can remove obstacles were they as great as these, and as easily lay low the pride of enemies, or remove their sceptres, as I did to Assyria and Egypt. So the whole verse is an allusion to what God had done in the two famous deliverances of his people under the hand of Moses and Joshua, bringing them out of Egypt through the Red Sea, and through Jordan, and destroying the Egyptians; and delivering them out of Assyrian bondage, and in order thereto destroying that kingdom.

Poole: Zec 10:12 - -- I will strengthen them: see Zec 10:6 . In the Lord their God, in Christ, say some; and it is true enough, whether these words so mean or no, God an...

I will strengthen them: see Zec 10:6 .

In the Lord their God, in Christ, say some; and it is true enough, whether these words so mean or no, God and Christ are the strength of the church, and of all believers.

They shall walk up and down shall manage all their affairs, civil and military, secular and ecclesiastical, in his name; by authority derived from him, by power received of him, by wisdom given from above, to the glory of our God and our Redeemer. Thus far the great things promised to the Jewish church, and which were to be fulfilled in the time from the rebuilding the temple and city to the coming of Christ, through some four hundred and ninety years; in which times if aught fell short of-promise, it was because the sins of the people provoked God-to alter the course of his providence toward them.

Haydock: Zec 10:11 - -- Sea. The Jews pretend that the Bosphorus' straits were dried up, to afford them a passage. (St. Jerome) --- But they must produce some stronger te...

Sea. The Jews pretend that the Bosphorus' straits were dried up, to afford them a passage. (St. Jerome) ---

But they must produce some stronger text to prove such a miracle. No obstacles shall be able to retard God's people, Isaias xi. 16. ---

Assyria. After Epiphanes, the kingdom subsisted only about seventy years. ---

Egypt. The Ptolemies excluded the natural princes, who have never regained the throne. They who had so often disturbed the Jews, were deprived of their power over them by the Syrians, and never could prevail there again after the Machabees. (Calmet) ---

When the faithful are confirmed in their religion, the enemy cannot hurt them. (Worthington)

Gill: Zec 10:11 - -- And he shall pass through the sea with affliction,.... Either the people of the Jews, as Israel of old did, when they came out of Egypt, to which the ...

And he shall pass through the sea with affliction,.... Either the people of the Jews, as Israel of old did, when they came out of Egypt, to which the allusion is; or the wind shall pass through the sea, as Aben Ezra supplies it, and it shall become dry; that is, the river of Egypt: or "affliction" r, as many supply it, shall pass through the sea; the nations, which are many as the sea, as Kimchi interprets it; and so may design that hour of temptation that shall come upon all the earth, Rev 3:10 or with which the kingdom of the beast, who rose up out of the sea, and consists of many waters, people, tongues, and nations, will be afflicted, Rev 13:1 which the Lord shall pass through and smite; or it may in general denote the sea of this world, and the afflictions of it, which the Lord causes his people to pass through, and brings them out of them:

and shall smite the waves in the sea: that is, the Lord shall smite them; repress afflictions, which are like the proud waves, not suffering them to proceed further than is for his glory and his people's good, and remove all obstacles in their way; see Isa 11:15 or destroy their enemies, which are like the proud waters, that otherwise would go over their souls, and overwhelm them; and particularly the antichristian states, at the pouring out of the vials, signified by the sea, and by fountains and rivers, Rev 16:3. Kimchi explains it of the multitude of the people:

and all the deeps of the river shall dry up; not Nile, the river of Egypt, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra s, but the river Euphrates; see Rev 16:12 the drying up of which signifies the destruction of the Turkish empire; and the Targum paraphrases it,

"all the kings of the people shall be confounded:''

and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down; the pride of the Ottoman empire, of which the old Assyria is a part, and which has been large and powerful, that shall be destroyed; this will be at the passing away of the second woe; and then quickly comes the third, which is as follows, Rev 11:14,

and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away; all rule and government shall cease; see Gen 49:10 meaning that the kingdom of the antichristian beast of Rome, called Egypt, Rev 11:8 shall be at an end; which will be at the blowing of the seventh trumpet, and upon and through the pouring out of the seven vials. So the Targum, the dominion of the Egyptians shall be taken away; or its rod, with which it has smote, hurt, and greatly oppressed and afflicted the saints; persecution shall now cease; it will not be in the power of the Romish antichrist to persecute any more.

Gill: Zec 10:12 - -- And I will strengthen them in the Lord,.... Not the Egyptians and Assyrians, but the Jews, as in Zec 10:5, the Targum is, "I will strengthen them i...

And I will strengthen them in the Lord,.... Not the Egyptians and Assyrians, but the Jews, as in Zec 10:5, the Targum is,

"I will strengthen them in the word of the Lord;''

in the Messiah, by his power, and in the grace that is in him; and their faith and hope in him, and love to him: or "by" t him; so that, through him strengthening them, they will be able to do all things; to exercise grace; perform duty; withstand temptation; oppose indwelling sin; bear the cross of Christ; endure afflictions; engage with all their spiritual enemies, and conquer them: for the words may be rendered, "I will cause them to prevail", or "overcome in the Lord" u; all their enemies, temporal and spiritual; and even to be more than conquerors through him that has loved them:

and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord; walk in him, the way to the Father, to heaven and happiness; walk by faith on him, in his strength, and in imitation of him; walk according to his Gospel, calling on his name, professing and worshipping him; and walk in his church and ordinances, agreeably to his will; see Mic 4:5. Kimchi owns that this whole chapter belongs to the times of the Messiah, as well as the former. The words may be considered as a testimony to the doctrine of the Trinity; that I, Jehovah the Father, will strengthen them in Jehovah the Son; and they shall walk up and down in the name of the Son of God, saith Jehovah the Spirit. Moreover, as a promise of the saints' final perseverance, very peremptorily expressed; I "will" strengthen them, and they "shall" walk, &c.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Zec 10:11 Heb “scepter,” referring by metonymy to the dominating rule of Egypt (cf. NLT).

NET Notes: Zec 10:12 The LXX and Syriac presuppose יִתְהַלָּלוּ (yithallalu, “they will glory...

Geneva Bible: Zec 10:11 And he ( m ) shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pr...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Zec 10:1-12 - --1 God is to be sought unto, and not idols.3 As he visited his flock for sin, so he will save and restore them.

MHCC: Zec 10:6-12 - --Here are precious promises to the people of God, which look to the state of the Jews, and even to the latter days of the church. Preaching the gospel ...

Matthew Henry: Zec 10:5-12 - -- Here are divers precious promises made to the people of God, which look further than to the state of the Jews in the latter days of their church, an...

Keil-Delitzsch: Zec 10:11-12 - -- Zec 10:11. "And he goes through the sea of affliction, and smites the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the river dry up; and the pride of As...

Constable: Zec 9:1--14:21 - --V. Oracles about the Messiah and Israel's future chs. 9--14 This part of Zechariah contains two undated oracles ...

Constable: Zec 9:1--11:17 - --A. The burden concerning the nations: the advent and rejection of Messiah chs. 9-11 In this first oracle...

Constable: Zec 10:1-12 - --2. The restoration of the true people ch. 10 The first part of this oracle focused particularly on the true King who would come and exercise sovereign...

Guzik: Zec 10:1-12 - --Zechariah 10 - A Promise to Gather Israel A. The superiority of the Messiah's reign. 1. (1) The blessed nature of the Messiah's reign. Ask the LOR...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Zechariah (Book Introduction) THE name Zechariah means one whom Jehovah remembers: a common name, four others of the same name occurring in the Old Testament. Like Jeremiah and Eze...

JFB: Zechariah (Outline) INTRODUCTORY EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE. THE VISION. The man among the myrtles: Comforting explanation by the angel, an encouragement to the Jews to b...

TSK: Zechariah 10 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Zec 10:1, God is to be sought unto, and not idols; Zec 10:3, As he visited his flock for sin, so he will save and restore them.

Poole: Zechariah (Book Introduction) THE ARGUMENT Zechariah is the second prophet who cometh from God to the returned captives, and his errand to them was both to second Haggai’ s...

Poole: Zechariah 10 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 10 God is to be sought unto, and not idols, Zec 10:1,2 . As he visited his flock for sin, so will he save and restore them, Zec 10:3-12 .

MHCC: Zechariah (Book Introduction) This prophecy is suitable to all, as the scope is to reprove for sin, and threaten God's judgments against the impenitent, and to encourage those that...

MHCC: Zechariah 10 (Chapter Introduction) (Zec 10:1-5) Blessings to be sought from the Lord. (Zec 10:6-12) God will restore his people.

Matthew Henry: Zechariah (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Prophecy of Zechariah This prophet was colleague with the prophet Haggai, and a worker together wit...

Matthew Henry: Zechariah 10 (Chapter Introduction) The scope of this chapter is much the same with that of the foregoing chapter - to encourage the Jews that had returned with hopes that though they...

Constable: Zechariah (Book Introduction) Introduction Title and Writer The title of this book comes from its traditional writer...

Constable: Zechariah (Outline) Outline I. Introduction 1:1-6 II. The eight night visions and four messages 1:7-6:8 ...

Constable: Zechariah Zechariah Bibliography Alexander, Ralph H. "Hermeneutics of Old Testament Apocalyptic Literature." Th.D. disser...

Haydock: Zechariah (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF ZACHARIAS. INTRODUCTION. Zacharias began to prophesy in the same year as Aggeus, and upon the same occasion. His prophecy i...

Gill: Zechariah (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH This book is in the Hebrew copies called "the Book of Zechariah"; in the Vulgate Latin version, "the Prophecy of Zecharia...

Gill: Zechariah 10 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH 10 This chapter is a prophecy of the conversion of the Jews in the latter day, when the fulness of the Gentiles is brough...

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