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title: "Commentary on Zechariah and Malachi"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "John Owen"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 103 of 109
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-zechariah-and-malachi/103/
cite: "John Calvin, tr. John Owen, Commentary on Zechariah and Malachi, section 103. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-zechariah-and-malachi/103/"
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# Commentary on Zechariah and Malachi

*John Calvin, tr. John Owen*

Calvin on the last two prophets of the Old Testament.

## 103. Chapter 10

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-zechariah-and-malachi/103/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-zechariah-and-malachi/103/#p-N

[¶0] 1 Ask ye from Jehovah rain in the latter season; And Jehovah will make clouds; And rain — a shower, will he give them, To every one grass in the field. (279)

[¶1] 2 Surely the images have spoken vanity, And the diviners have seen falsehood, And dreams of vanity have they spoken; In vain have they comforted: They have therefore wandered like sheep, They were distressed, for there was no shepherd.

[¶2] 3 Against the shepherds was my fury kindled, The he-goats will I punish; For visit will Jehovah of hosts His flock, the house of Judah, And make them as his splendid horse in was.

[¶3] 4 From him shall come forth the corner-stone, From him the nail, From him the bow of war, From him also every exactor. (286)

[¶4] 5 And they shall be as mighty men, Treading down their enemies In the mire of the streets in battle; And they shall fight, for Jehovah will be with them; And ashamed shall be the riders on horses.

[¶5] 6 I will also strengthen the house of Judah, And the house of Joseph will I save, And cause them to return and dwell; For I have pitied them, and they shall be As though I had not cast them away; For I Jehovah am their God, And I will hear them:

[¶6] 7 And they shall be as a mighty man, even Ephraim; And rejoice shall their heart as through wine; Their sons also shall see and rejoice, Exult shall their heart in Jehovah.

[¶7] 8 I will whistle for them and gather them: For I have redeemed them, And they shall increase as they had increased.

[¶8] 9 Sow them also will I among the people, And in distant lands will they remember me, And they shall live with their sons and return;

[¶9] 10 Yea, I will restore them from the land of Egypt, And from Assyria will I gather them, And to the land of Gilead and Lebanon will I bring them, And no place shall be found for them. (196)

[¶10] 11 And spread shall distress over the sea, For he will smite in the sea the waves, And dry up shall the depths of the river; Yea, cast down shall be the pride of Assyria, And the sceptre of Egypt shall depart.

[¶11] 12 I will also strengthen them in Jehovah; And in his name shall they walk, saith Jehovah.