Zechariah 10:6

Context

10:6 “I (says the Lord) will strengthen the kingdom¹ of Judah and deliver the people of Joseph² and will bring them back³ because of my compassion for them. They will be as though I had never rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and therefore I will hear them.

Zechariah 10:9

Context
10:9 Though I scatter⁴ them among the nations, they will remember in far-off places – they and their children will sprout forth and return.

[10:6] ¹tn Heb “the house.”

[10:6] ²tn Or “the kingdom of Israel”; Heb “the house of Joseph.”

[10:6] ³tc The anomalous MT reading וְחוֹשְׁבוֹתִים (vÿkhoshÿvotim) should probably be וַהֲשִׁי בוֹתִם (vahashi votim), the Hiphil perfect consecutive of שׁוּב (shuv), “return” (cf. Jer 12:15).

[10:9] ⁴tn Or “sow” (so KJV, ASV). The imagery is taken from the sowing of seed by hand.