Zechariah 10:7

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

⁵They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame. ⁶I will strengthen the house of Judah and deliver the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them. ⁷Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be glad; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.⁸I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were. ⁹Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return. ¹⁰I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them. ¹¹They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart. ¹²I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk," declares the LORD.

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and their: Zechariah 9:15, Zechariah 9:17, Genesis 43:34, Psalms 104:15, Proverbs 31:6, Proverbs 31:7, Acts 2:13-18, Ephesians 5:18, Ephesians 5:19

yea: Genesis 18:19, Psalms 90:16, Psalms 102:28, Isaiah 38:19, Jeremiah 32:39, Acts 2:39, Acts 13:33

their heart: 1 Samuel 2:1, Psalms 13:5, Psalms 28:7, Isaiah 66:14, Habakkuk 3:18, Zephaniah 3:14, Luke 1:47, John 16:22, Acts 2:26, Philippians 4:4, 1 Peter 1:8

Reciprocal: Numbers 6:20 - and after Psalms 33:21 - For Isaiah 35:2 - and rejoice Isaiah 55:1 - buy wine Isaiah 61:10 - will greatly Jeremiah 3:16 - when Jeremiah 31:1 - of Jeremiah 33:11 - the voice of them Joel 2:23 - rejoice Zephaniah 3:15 - hath taken Luke 14:16 - A certain Philippians 3:1 - rejoice

Cross-References

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

1 Kings 10:1
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.

Psalms 72:10
May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

Isaiah 21:13
This is an oracle concerning Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.

Ezekiel 27:15
The men of Dedan were your clients; many coastlands were your market; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.

Ezekiel 27:22
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your wares they exchanged gold, the finest of all spices, and precious stones.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And [they] of Ephraim shall be like a mighty [man],.... What remain, and shall be found of the ten tribes, shall be as is said of Judah, or the Jews of the two tribes, Zechariah 10:5:

and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: they shall be filled with inward and spiritual joy, through the love of God shed abroad in their heart; and through the Gospel of Christ having a place there; and through the blessings of divine grace, those streams of love, and which flow in the Gospel, and make glad the hearts of God's people; all which are comparable to wine:

yea, their children shall see [it], and be glad; they shall see the strength, victory, and salvation of their fathers, and the joy they shall be possessed of, and join with them in it, having a share in the same blessings they are partakers of:

their heart shall rejoice in the Lord; in the person and offices of Christ, who will now be known by the spiritual seed and offspring of the church, and in the great salvation wrought out by him, and in all the blessings of grace that accompany it. The Targum is,

"their heart shall rejoice in the word of the Lord;''

the essential Word, the Son of God.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And Ephraim, they shall be like a mighty man - Prophecy, through the rest of the chapter, turns to Ephraim, which had not yet been restored. With regard to them, human victory retires out of sight, though doubtless, when their wide prison was broken at the destruction of the Persian empire, many were free to return to their native country, as others spread over the West in Asia Minor, Greece, Rome, and so some may have taken part in the victories of the Maccabees. Yet not victory, but strength, gladness beyond natural g adness, as through wine, whereby the mind is exhilarated above itself; and that, lasting, transmitted to their children, large increase, holy life in God, are the outlines of the promise.

Their heart shall rejoice in the Lord - Psalms 44:3 : “As the principal object, the first, highest, most worthy Giver of all good, to whom is to be referred all gladness, which is conceived from created goods, that ‘whose glorieth may glory in the Lord’ 2 Corinthians 10:17, in whom alone the rational creature ought to take delight.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 10:7. Ephraim shall be like a mighty man] This tribe was always distinguished for its valour.