Zechariah 10:9
7 Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.
8 I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.
Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.
10 I 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.
11 They 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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.
- KJV
- And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
- WEB
- I will sow them among the peoples. They will remember me in far countries. They will live with their children and will return.
- ASV
- And I will sow them among the peoples; and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and shall return.
- DARBY
- And I will sow them among the peoples, and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children and return.
- BLB
- And I will sow them among the peoples, and in far-off places they will remember Me; and they will live together with their sons, and they will return.
- ÅB
- Og jeg vil så dem ut blant folkene, men i de fjerne land skal de komme meg i hu; og de skal leve med sine barn og komme tilbake.
- OTB
- Når jeg sprer dem blant folkene,
Vil de huske Meg i fjerne land,
Og de med sine barn vil leve og vende tilbake. - B1930
- Og jeg vil så dem ut blandt folkene, men i de fjerne land skal de komme mig i hu; og de skal leve med sine barn og komme tilbake.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 6:9
Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.
Read in contextIsaiah 65:23
They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD— they and their descendants with them.
Read in contextNehemiah 1:9
but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’
Read in contextMicah 5:7
Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
Read in context1 Kings 8:47–48
and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
Read in contextJeremiah 31:27
“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.
Read in contextHosea 2:23
And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
Read in contextIsaiah 65:9
And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and heirs from Judah; My elect will possess My mountains, and My servants will dwell there.
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