As part of the lead up to Advent readings, we're reading the final prophets before God speaking to Israel appears to have gone dark for several hundred years. We are now in the next to the last prophet before Jesus' birth, Zechariah. The Book of Zechariah was written between 520 and 480 BC.
Check out the video below. Today's readings are part of the video section from mark 5:52 to about 6:13.
The Lord Restores His People
10:1
Ask the Lord for rain
in the season of spring rain.
The Lord makes the rain clouds,
and he will give them showers of rain
and crops in the field for everyone.
2
For the idols speak falsehood,
and the diviners see illusions;
they relate empty dreams
and offer empty comfort.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;
they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.
3
My anger burns against the shepherds,
so I will punish the leaders. [Lit male goats]
For the Lord of Armies has tended his flock,
the house of Judah;
he will make them like his majestic steed in battle.
4
The cornerstone, the tent peg,
the battle bow, and every ruler—
all will go out from him together.
5
They will be like warriors in battle
trampling down the mud of the streets.
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
and they will put horsemen to shame.
6
I will strengthen the house of Judah
and deliver the house of Joseph. [= the northern kingdom]
I will restore [Other Hb mss, LXX read settle] them
because I have compassion on them,
and they will be
as though I had never rejected them.
For I am the Lord their God,
and I will answer them.
7
Ephraim will be like a warrior,
and their hearts will be glad as if with wine.
Their children will see it and be glad;
their hearts will rejoice in the Lord.
10:1
Ask the Lord for rain
in the season of spring rain.
The Lord makes the rain clouds,
and he will give them showers of rain
and crops in the field for everyone.
2
For the idols speak falsehood,
and the diviners see illusions;
they relate empty dreams
and offer empty comfort.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;
they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.
3
My anger burns against the shepherds,
so I will punish the leaders. [Lit male goats]
For the Lord of Armies has tended his flock,
the house of Judah;
he will make them like his majestic steed in battle.
4
The cornerstone, the tent peg,
the battle bow, and every ruler—
all will go out from him together.
5
They will be like warriors in battle
trampling down the mud of the streets.
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
and they will put horsemen to shame.
6
I will strengthen the house of Judah
and deliver the house of Joseph. [= the northern kingdom]
I will restore [Other Hb mss, LXX read settle] them
because I have compassion on them,
and they will be
as though I had never rejected them.
For I am the Lord their God,
and I will answer them.
7
Ephraim will be like a warrior,
and their hearts will be glad as if with wine.
Their children will see it and be glad;
their hearts will rejoice in the Lord.
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