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Zechariah 10:1 open_in_new
later rain
Compare (Hosea 6:3); (Joel 2:23-32); (Zechariah 12:10).
There is both a physical and spiritual meaning: Rain as of old will be restored to Palestine, but, also, there will be a mighty effusion of the Spirit upon restored Israel.
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Zechariah 10:4 open_in_new
came
The tense is future: "From him Judah shall be the cornerstone (Exodus 17:6).
( See Scofield) - (1 Peter 2:8).
from him the nail (Isaiah 22:23); (Isaiah 22:24) from him the battle-bow," etc. The whole scene is of the events which group about the deliverance of the Jews in Palestine in the time of the northern invasion under the "Beast"; (Daniel 7:8); (Revelation 19:20) and "Armageddon,"; (Revelation 16:14); (Revelation 19:17).
The final deliverance is wholly effected by the return of the Lord (Revelation 19:11-21); but previously He strengthens the hard-pressed Israelites; (Micah 4:13); (Zechariah 9:13-15); (Zechariah 10:5-7); (Zechariah 12:2-6); (Zechariah 14:14).
That there may have been a precursive fulfilment in the Maccabean victories can neither be affirmed nor denied from Scripture.
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Zechariah 10:8 open_in_new
redeemed
(Isaiah 59:20); (Exodus 14:30).
( See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20).
( See Scofield) - (Exodus 14:30).