OET-RV GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
OET-RV ZEC Intro C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C11 C12 C13 C14
OET-RV ZEC 10 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12
This OET Readers’ Version was designed to be used with the Literal Version alongside, so you won’t get the best understanding from this single viewpoint. This is still an early look into the drafted text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.
10 Ask Yahweh for rain in the springtime—
Yahweh who makes thunderstorms and gives rain showers to everyone
including the vegetation in the countryside.
2 Diviners tell deceitful dreams and give empty comfort
because household idols speak falsely and so those diviners envision something that’s a lie.
Therefore the people wander like sheep and suffer because there’s no shepherd.[ref]
3 “I’m angry with the shepherds—it’s the leaders that I’ll punish.
Commander-in-chief Yahweh will also attend to his flock—the house of Yehudah (Judah),
and make them like his warhorse in battle.
4 The building’s cornerstone will come from Yehudah.
≈ From him will come the tent peg,
from him will come the war bow,
≈ from him will come every one of their strong leaders.
5 They’ll be like warriors in battle
who trample their enemies into the mud of the streets.
They’ll go to war, because Yahweh is with them,
and they’ll shame those riding warhorses.
6 I’ll strengthen the house of Yehudah (Judah)
≈ and save the house of Yosef (Joseph)
because I’ll bring them back and have compassion on them.
They’ll be as though I hadn’t driven them off,
7 Then Yisrael (Israel; Heb. Efrayim) will be like a warrior,
and their hearts will rejoice as with wine;
Their children will see and rejoice.
≈ Their hearts will rejoice in me!
8 I’ll whistle to call them and gather them,
and they’ll become as numerous as they were previously.
9 I scattered them among the nations,
but they’ll remember me in distant countries,
so they and their children will live and return,
10 because I’ll bring them back from the land of Mitsrayim (Egypt)
≈ and gather them from Ashur (Assyria).
I’ll bring them to the land of Gilead and Levanon
until the region is filled with them.
11 Yahweh will lead them through their sufferings.
He will strike the waves of that sea
≈ and will dry up all the depths of the Nile.
The Ashur’s greatness will come to an end,
≈ and Mitsrayim’s (Egypt’s) power will be removed.
12 I will strengthen them in myself,
and they will obey what I’ve instructed them.
That is Yahweh’s declaration.”
