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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:5

Verse 5 He confirms what I have already said — that the Jews would be victorious over all nations. Though the Church is fighting under the cross, she yet triumphs over all the wicked, partly by hope and partly by present success; for God wonderfully sustains it, and makes the faithful to possess their souls in patience; and he also protects them by his own power, and renders them safe amidst all the roarings and insatiable rage of their enemies. Since then God thus strengthens the minds of his... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:6

Verse 6 Zechariah pursues the same subject, — that the work of redemption, the beginning of which the Jews saw, would not be incomplete, for the Lord would at length fulfill what he had begun. The Jews themselves could not acquiesce in those beginnings, which were not a hundredth part of what God had promised; it was hence necessary for them to raise up their minds above, that they might hope for much more than what was evident before their eyes. And this truth is very useful to us, for we are... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:7

Verse 7 He declares the same in other words: he had said in the last verse, that he would strengthen both the house of Judah and the house of Joseph, that is, the ten tribes; he now speaks of Ephraim alone, but includes the kingdom of Judah; and he names Ephraim, not because he deserved to be honored, or to be preferred to the Jews, for Ephraim had become apostate; but because the return of the ten tribes was an event more incredible: this is clearly the reason why the Prophet expressly... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:8

Verse 8 The same is the object of this verse. By the word whistle, Zechariah means what it imports in other passages, — that it will not be an arduous world for God; for we are wont to measure his works by what our flesh understands. Since then the Jews might have easily raised this objection, — that their brethren were dispersed through various countries and among many nations, so that the assembling of them was incredible, the Prophet meets this objection and says, that God was able by mere... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:9

Verse 9 He continues the same subject, and employs here a most suitable metaphor — that the dispersion of the people would have a better issue than what any one then could have conceived, for it would be like sowing. The verb for scattering or sowing is often taken in a bad sense; for when people rested in their country, they ought then to have considered that they were living under God’s protection. Dispersion, then, was an evidence of a curse, and it is often so taken by Moses. Now God uses... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:10

Verse 10 He confirms the same prediction — that though the Jews were like broken pieces, they were yet to entertain hope of their return and future restoration, since God was able to gather them from the remotest parts whenever he stretched forth his hand. He then names Egypt and Assyria, that the Jews might know that the redemptions here promised is equally open to them all, however far separated they might be. For though Egypt was not very far from Assyria, yet they who had fled to Egypt were... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:11

Verse 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 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... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:12

Verse 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 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... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1

Ask ye of the Lord rain. The promise of abundance at the end of the last chapter suggests to the prophet to make a special application to the practice of his countrymen. They must put their trust in God alone for the supply of temporal as well as spiritual bounties. The latter rain was due at the time of the vernal equinox, and was necessary in order to swell the maturing grain (comp. Deuteronomy 11:14 ). The early rain occurred at the autumnal equinox. It was considered as a special... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-2

§ 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 Lord, not from idols. read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-2

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