Zechariah 10:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

Anger

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Ezekiel 34:16

Matthew 25:32

Visited

1 Peter 2:12

As

Proverbs 21:31

Song of Songs 1:9

Bible References

Anger

Their owners slay them and claim they are not guilty. They that sell them say: Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich and their own shepherds do not pity them.

Come, all you beasts of the field, come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!

The shepherds are foolish. They do not look to Jehovah for help. That is why they will not succeed and all their flocks will be scattered.

Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture! Says Jehovah.

My people have become lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray. They have made them turn aside on the mountains. They have gone along from mountain to hill and have forgotten their resting place.

Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy to these shepherds. Tell them: 'The Lord Jehovah says: How horrible it will be for the shepherds of Israel who have been taking care of only themselves. Should shepherds take care of the sheep?

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I will seek the lost. I will bring back the scattered. I will bind up the broken and strengthen the sick. The fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgment.

All nations will be gathered before him. He will then separate them one from another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Visited

The people believed them. When they heard that Jehovah was concerned about the people of Israel and that he had seen their misery, they knelt, bowed low and worshiped.

Some time later Naomi heard that Jehovah blessed his people by giving them good crops. So she got ready to leave Moab with her daughters-in-law.

The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah. They will feed their flocks there. They will rest at night in the houses of Ashkelon. Jehovah their God will visit them and gather back the captive ones.

Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel. He has visited his people and brought them redemption. (Psalm 72:18)

Maintain fine behavior among the nations. That way when they speak badly about you, they may see your good works and glorify God in the day of visitation (inspection).

As

The horse has prepared the day of battle. However, deliverance is from Jehovah.

I have compared you, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.