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Zechariah 10

Zech. 10:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For the νidols
traphiym (Hebrew #8655)
a healer; Teraphim (singular or plural) a family idol
KJV usage: idols(-atry), images, teraphim.
Pronounce: ter-aw-feme'
Origin: plural from 7495
have spoken
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
vanity
'aven (Hebrew #205)
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Pronounce: aw-ven'
Origin: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)
, and the diviners
qacam (Hebrew #7080)
properly, to distribute, i.e. determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine
KJV usage: divine(-r, -ation), prudent, soothsayer, use (divination).
Pronounce: kaw-sam'
Origin: a primitive root
have seen
chazah (Hebrew #2372)
to gaze at; mentally, to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
KJV usage: behold, look, prophesy, provide, see.
Pronounce: khaw-zaw'
Origin: a primitive root
a lie
sheqer (Hebrew #8267)
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Pronounce: sheh'-ker
Origin: from 8266
, and have told
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
false
shav' (Hebrew #7723)
from the same as 7722 in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
KJV usage: false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
Pronounce: shawv
Origin: or shav {shav}
dreams
chalowm (Hebrew #2472)
from 2492; a dream
KJV usage: dream(-er).
Pronounce: khal-ome'
Origin: or (shortened) chalom {khal-ome'}
; they comfort
nacham (Hebrew #5162)
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
KJV usage: comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
Pronounce: naw-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
in vain
hebel (Hebrew #1892)
from 1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
KJV usage: X altogether, vain, vanity.
Pronounce: heh'bel
Origin: or (rarely in the abs.) habel {hab-ale'}
l: therefore they went
naca` (Hebrew #5265)
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey
KJV usage: cause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), X still, be on his (go their) way.
Pronounce: naw-sah'
Origin: a primitive root
their way as a flock
tso'n (Hebrew #6629)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
KJV usage: (small) cattle, flock (+ -s), lamb (+ -s), sheep((-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds)).
Pronounce: tsone
Origin: or tsaown (Psalm 144:13) {tseh-one'}
, they were ρtroubled
`anah (Hebrew #6031)
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
KJV usage: abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), speak (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), submit self, weaken, X in any wise.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root (possibly rather ident. with 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI} through the idea of looking down or browbeating)
, because there was no shepherd
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
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or, teraphim,
Judg. 17:5• 5And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. (Judg. 17:5)
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Job 13:4• 4But ye [are] forgers of lies,{HR}Physicians of no value [are] ye all. (Job 13:4)
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or, answered that.

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Dreams,
Flock,
Idolatry,
Shepherd

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Ministry on This Verse

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the idols.
Heb. the teraphims.
Gen. 31:19• 19Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that [were] her father's. (Gen. 31:19)
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Judg. 18:14• 14Then the five men that had gone to spy out the country of Laish spoke and said to their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? And now ye know what to do. (Judg. 18:14)
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Isa. 44:9• 9They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses: they see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed. (Isa. 44:9)
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Isa. 46:5• 5To whom will ye liken me, and make [me] equal, and compare me, that we may be like? (Isa. 46:5)
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Jer. 10:8• 8But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock. (Jer. 10:8)
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Jer. 14:22• 22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art thou not he, Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things. (Jer. 14:22)
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Hos. 3:4• 4For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: (Hos. 3:4)
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Hab. 2:18• 18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols? (Hab. 2:18)
the diviners.
Jer. 23:25‑27• 25I have heard what the prophets say, who prophesy falsehood in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
 26How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, and who are prophets of the deceit of their own heart?
 27who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour: as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. (Jer. 23:25‑27)
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Jer. 27:9• 9Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: (Jer. 27:9)
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Jer. 29:8,21‑22• 8For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
 21thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiab, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
 22and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; (Jer. 29:8,21‑22)
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Lam. 2:14• 14Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee:{HR}And they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity;{HR}But have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment. (Lam. 2:14)
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Ezek. 13:6‑16,22‑23• 6They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying Jehovah saith: and Jehovah hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
 7Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, Jehovah saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
 8Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord Jehovah.
 9And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
 10Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar:
 11say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower: and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
 12Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
 13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.
 14So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
 15Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;
 16to wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord Jehovah.
 22Because ye sadden with falsehood the heart of the righteous whom I have not saddened, and strengthen the hands of the wicked that he should not return from his wicked way that I should save his life.
 23Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah. (Ezek. 13:6‑16,22‑23)
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Ezek. 21:29• 29while they see vanity unto thee, while they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end. (Ezek. 21:29)
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Mic. 3:6‑11• 6therefore ye shall have night without a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
 7Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
 8Truly I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgressions, and to Israel his sin.
 9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
 10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
 11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us. (Mic. 3:6‑11)
they comfort.
Job 13:4• 4But ye [are] forgers of lies,{HR}Physicians of no value [are] ye all. (Job 13:4)
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Job 21:34• 34How vainly then ye comfort me!{HR}Your answers remain falsehood. (Job 21:34)
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Jer. 6:14• 14And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace. (Jer. 6:14)
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Jer. 8:11• 11And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace. (Jer. 8:11)
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Jer. 14:13• 13Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. (Jer. 14:13)
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Jer. 23:17• 17They say constantly unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace. And they say unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his heart, No evil shall come upon you. (Jer. 23:17)
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Jer. 28:4‑6,15• 4and I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith Jehovah: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
 5Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of Jehovah,
 6even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: Jehovah do so: Jehovah perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of Jehovah's house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.
 15Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; Jehovah hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie. (Jer. 28:4‑6,15)
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Jer. 37:19• 19Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? (Jer. 37:19)
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Jer. 13:17‑20• 17But if ye will not hear it my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is carried away captive.
 18Say unto the king and unto the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
 19The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.
 20Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? (Jer. 13:17‑20)
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Jer. 50:17• 17Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. (Jer. 50:17)
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Jer. 51:23• 23And with thee I have broken in pieces the shepherd and his flock; and with thee I have broken in pieces the plowman and his team; and with thee I have broken in pieces the governors and prefects. (Jer. 51:23)
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Mic. 2:12• 12I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. (Mic. 2:12)
troubled, because there.
or, answered that there.
Num. 27:17• 17who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in, that the assembly of Jehovah be not as sheep that have no shepherd. (Num. 27:17)
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1 Kings 22:17• 17And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And Jehovah said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. (1 Kings 22:17)
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Ezek. 34:5,8• 5And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
 8As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; (Ezek. 34:5,8)
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Matt. 9:36• 36But when he saw the crowds he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed, and cast away as sheep not having a shepherd. (Matt. 9:36)
• (Jer. 14:22).* Israel then in their unbelief had turned to idols and their prophets for succor, but found no relief or comfort; and the prophet depicts them as going their way as a flock, in their disappointment, troubled, because there was no shepherd. (“Zechariah 10” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams: they comfort in vain. Therefore they have gone away as a flock, they are in distressl, because there is no shepherd.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "are afflicted," ch. 11.7.

W. Kelly Translation

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For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams: they comfort in vain. Therefore they have gone away as a flock, they are in distress, because there is no shepherd.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)