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Therefore the people wander like sheep oppressed for lack of a shepherd. <a href="/nlt/zechariah/10.htm">New Living Translation</a> Household gods give worthless advice, fortune-tellers predict only lies, and interpreters of dreams pronounce falsehoods that give no comfort. So my people are wandering like lost sheep; they are attacked because they have no shepherd. <a href="/esv/zechariah/10.htm">English Standard Version</a> For the household gods utter nonsense, and the diviners see lies; they tell false dreams and give empty consolation. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd. <a href="/bsb/zechariah/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd. <a href="/kjv/zechariah/10.htm">King James Bible</a> For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. <a href="/nkjv/zechariah/10.htm">New King James Version</a> For the idols speak delusion; The diviners envision lies, And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wend their way like sheep; They are in trouble because there is no shepherd. <a href="/nasb_/zechariah/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For the household idols speak deception, And the diviners see an illusion And tell deceitful dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep, They are wretched because there is no shepherd. <a href="/nasb/zechariah/10.htm">NASB 1995</a> For the teraphim speak iniquity, And the diviners see lying visions And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep, They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd. <a href="/nasb77/zechariah/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For the teraphim speak iniquity, And the diviners see lying visions, And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep, They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd. <a href="/lsb/zechariah/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For the teraphim speak wickedness, And the diviners behold false visions And speak worthless dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people journey like sheep; They are afflicted because there is no shepherd. <a href="/amp/zechariah/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For the teraphim (household idols) speak wickedness (emptiness, worthlessness), And the diviners see lying visions And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep, They are afflicted and suffer because there is no shepherd. <a href="/csb/zechariah/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hcsb/zechariah/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/asv/zechariah/10.htm">American Standard Version</a> For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams, they comfort in vain: therefore they go their way like sheep, they are afflicted, because there is no shepherd. <a href="/cev/zechariah/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You can't believe idols and fortunetellers, or depend on the hope you receive from witchcraft and interpreters of dreams. But you have tried all of these, and now you are like sheep without a shepherd. <a href="/erv/zechariah/10.htm">English Revised Version</a> For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams, they comfort in vain: therefore they go their way like sheep, they are afflicted, because there is no shepherd. <a href="/gwt/zechariah/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The idols speak lies. The fortunetellers see false visions. They speak about false dreams. They give useless comfort. That is why people wander around like sheep. They are troubled because there is no shepherd. <a href="/gnt/zechariah/10.htm">Good News Translation</a> People consult idols and fortunetellers, but the answers they get are lies and nonsense. Some interpret dreams, but only mislead you; the comfort they give is useless. So the people wander about like lost sheep. They are in trouble because they have no leader. <a href="/isv/zechariah/10.htm">International Standard Version</a> Truly the family idols talk nonsense and the diviners discern lies, describing delusional dreams. Since their comfort is vacuous, they wander off on their own like sheep, because there is no shepherd. <a href="/msb/zechariah/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd. <a href="/net/zechariah/10.htm">NET Bible</a> For the household gods have spoken wickedness, the soothsayers have seen a lie, and as for the dreamers, they have disclosed emptiness and give comfort in vain. Therefore the people set out like sheep and become scattered because they have no shepherd. <a href="/nheb/zechariah/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd. <a href="/wbt/zechariah/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled because there was no shepherd. <a href="/web/zechariah/10.htm">World English Bible</a> For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/zechariah/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Because the teraphim spoke iniquity, "" And the diviners have seen a falsehood, "" And dreams of the vanity they speak, "" [With] vanity they give comfort, "" Therefore they have journeyed as a flock, "" They are afflicted, for there is no shepherd. <a href="/ylt/zechariah/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Because the teraphim did speak iniquity, And the diviners have seen a falsehood, And dreams of the vanity they speak, With vanity they give comfort, Therefore they have journeyed as a flock, They are afflicted, for there is no shepherd. <a href="/slt/zechariah/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For the family gods spake vanity, and the diviners saw falsehood, and they will speak dreams of falsehood they will comfort in vain: for this, they removed as a flock, they were afflicted for there was no shepherd.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/zechariah/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For the idols have spoken what was unprofitable, and the diviners have seen a lie, and the dreamers have spoken vanity: they comforted in vain: therefore they were led away as a dock: they shall be afflicted, because they have no shepherd. <a href="/cpdv/zechariah/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For the images have been speaking what is useless, and the diviners have seen a lie, and the dreamers have been speaking false hope: they have comforted in vain. For this reason, they have been led away like a flock; they will be afflicted, because they have no shepherd. <a href="/nabre/zechariah/10.htm">New American Bible</a> For the teraphim have spoken nonsense, the diviners have seen false visions; Deceitful dreams they have told, empty comfort they have offered. This is why they wandered like sheep, wretched, for they have no shepherd. <a href="/nrsvce/zechariah/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For the teraphim utter nonsense, and the diviners see lies; the dreamers tell false dreams, and give empty consolation. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they suffer for lack of a shepherd.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/zechariah/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For the learned men have spoken iniquity, and the diviners have seen a lie and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain; therefore the people went their way like a flock, they were afflicted because they had no shepherd. <a href="/hpbt/zechariah/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because the learned have spoken evil and the Soothsayers have seen falsehood and they have spoken lying dreams and they comfort in vain; because of this they moved on like sheep and they were afflicted, because there is no Shepherd for them<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/zechariah/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For the teraphim have spoken vanity, And the diviners have seen a lie, And the dreams speak falsely, They comfort in vain; Therefore they go their way like sheep, They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd. <a href="/sep/zechariah/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For the speakers have uttered grievous things, and the diviners have seen false visions, and they have spoken false dreams, they have given vain comfort: therefore have they fallen away like sheep, and been afflicted, because there was no healing. <a href="/parallel/zechariah/10-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CFPk_KgOyMk?start=1491" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/zechariah/10.htm">Judah and Israel will be Restored</a> 1Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field. 2<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/8655.htm" title="8655: hat·tə·rā·p̄îm (Art:: N-mp) -- (a kind of idol) perhaps household idol. Plural from rapha'; a healer; Teraphim a family idol.">idols</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·bə·rū- (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">speak</a> <a href="/hebrew/205.htm" title="205: ’ā·wen (N-ms) -- From an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant; strictly nothingness; also trouble. Vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol.">deceit</a> <a href="/hebrew/7080.htm" title="7080: wə·haq·qō·ws·mîm (Conj-w, Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to distribute, i.e. Determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine.">and diviners</a> <a href="/hebrew/2372.htm" title="2372: ḥā·zū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- See, behold. A primitive root; to gaze at; mentally, to perceive, contemplate; specifically, to have a vision of.">see</a> <a href="/hebrew/8267.htm" title="8267: še·qer (N-ms) -- Deception, disappointment, falsehood. From shaqar; an untruth; by implication, a sham.">illusions;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: yə·ḏab·bê·rū (V-Piel-Imperf-3mp) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">they tell</a> <a href="/hebrew/7723.htm" title="7723: haš·šå̄·w (Art:: N-ms) -- Or shav; from the same as show' in the sense of desolating; evil, literally or morally; figuratively idolatry, uselessness.">FALSE</a> <a href="/hebrew/2472.htm" title="2472: wa·ḥă·lō·mō·wṯ (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- A dream. Or chalom; from chalam; a dream.">dreams</a> <a href="/hebrew/1892.htm" title="1892: he·ḇel (N-ms) -- Or Habel; from habal; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb.">and offer empty</a> <a href="/hebrew/5162.htm" title="5162: yə·na·ḥê·mūn (V-Piel-Imperf-3mp:: Pn) -- A primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. Breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. to pity, console or rue; or to avenge.">comfort.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">Therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5265.htm" title="5265: nā·sə·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To pull out or up, set out, journey. A primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. Start on a journey.">the people wander</a> <a href="/hebrew/3644.htm" title="3644: ḵə·mōw- (Prep) -- Like, as, when. Or kamow; a form of the prefix k-, but used separately; as, thus, so.">like</a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: ṣōn (N-cs) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">sheep,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6031.htm" title="6031: ya·‘ă·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To be bowed down or afflicted. A primitive root; to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive.">oppressed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">lack</a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: rō·‘eh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">of a shepherd.</a> 3“My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in battle.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/23-32.htm">Jeremiah 23:32</a> “Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD. <a href="/ezekiel/13-3.htm">Ezekiel 13:3</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing. <a href="/ezekiel/13-6.htm">Ezekiel 13:6-7</a> They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message. / Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken? <a href="/jeremiah/14-14.htm">Jeremiah 14:14</a> “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds. <a href="/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9-10</a> But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’ / For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish. <a href="/jeremiah/29-8.htm">Jeremiah 29:8-9</a> For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them. / For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.” <a href="/isaiah/44-25.htm">Isaiah 44:25</a> who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense, <a href="/micah/3-6.htm">Micah 3:6-7</a> Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them. / Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.” <a href="/deuteronomy/18-20.htm">Deuteronomy 18:20-22</a> But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.” / You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?” / When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him. <a href="/1_kings/22-22.htm">1 Kings 22:22-23</a> And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’ / So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.” <a href="/2_chronicles/18-21.htm">2 Chronicles 18:21-22</a> And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’ / So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.” <a href="/isaiah/8-19.htm">Isaiah 8:19</a> When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? <a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm">Isaiah 9:15</a> The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies. <a href="/matthew/24-24.htm">Matthew 24:24</a> For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible. <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1</a> Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.the idols.<a href="/genesis/31-19.htm">Genesis 31:19</a> And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.<a href="/judges/18-14.htm">Judges 18:14</a> Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.<a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9</a> They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.the diviners.<a href="/jeremiah/23-25.htm">Jeremiah 23:25-27</a> I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed… <a href="/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9</a> Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:<a href="/jeremiah/29-8.htm">Jeremiah 29:8,21,22</a> For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed… they comfort.<a href="/job/13-4.htm">Job 13:4</a> But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.<a href="/job/21-34.htm">Job 21:34</a> How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?<a href="/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14</a> They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.therefore.<a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Jeremiah 13:17-20</a> But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive… <a href="/jeremiah/50-17.htm">Jeremiah 50:17</a> Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.<a href="/jeremiah/51-23.htm">Jeremiah 51:23</a> I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.troubled, because there.<a href="/numbers/27-17.htm">Numbers 27:17</a> Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.<a href="/1_kings/22-17.htm">1 Kings 22:17</a> And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.<a href="/ezekiel/34-5.htm">Ezekiel 34:5,8</a> And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/zechariah/7-10.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-17.htm">Comfort</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-54.htm">Consolation</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-13.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/micah/3-7.htm">Diviners</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Dreamers</a> <a href="/joel/2-28.htm">Dreams</a> <a href="/zechariah/4-12.htm">Empty</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-17.htm">Falsely</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-16.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-18.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-6.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-15.htm">Lie</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-14.htm">Oppressed</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-6.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/micah/7-14.htm">Shepherd</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-10.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/hosea/3-4.htm">Teraphim</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-7.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-13.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-13.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/micah/3-6.htm">Visions</a> <a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Want</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-8.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/zechariah/11-7.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/matthew/9-22.htm">Comfort</a> <a href="/luke/2-25.htm">Consolation</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-4.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Diviners</a> <a href="/jude/1-8.htm">Dreamers</a> <a href="/acts/2-17.htm">Dreams</a> <a href="/matthew/6-7.htm">Empty</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-3.htm">Falsely</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-3.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-2.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/malachi/2-6.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/matthew/8-11.htm">Lie</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-7.htm">Oppressed</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-11.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-4.htm">Shepherd</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-3.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/genesis/31-19.htm">Teraphim</a> <a href="/matthew/2-3.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/malachi/1-10.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/romans/8-20.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/acts/2-17.htm">Visions</a> <a href="/matthew/7-12.htm">Want</a> <a href="/malachi/2-8.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Zechariah 10</div>1. <a href="/zechariah/10-1.htm">God is to be sought unto, and not idols.</a> 3. <a href="/zechariah/10-3.htm">As he visited his flock for sin, so he will save and restore them.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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These idols are described as deceitful because they cannot speak truth or provide guidance. In biblical context, idolatry is consistently condemned (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-4</a>). The deceit of idols is contrasted with the truth of God’s word (<a href="/psalms/119-160.htm">Psalm 119:160</a>). The prophets frequently warned against the futility of idol worship (<a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a>).and diviners see illusions; Diviners were individuals who claimed to predict the future or reveal hidden knowledge through various means, often associated with pagan practices. The Bible condemns divination as it leads people away from trusting in God (<a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Deuteronomy 18:10-12</a>). The illusions seen by diviners are false visions, lacking divine truth. This phrase highlights the unreliability of human attempts to discern the future apart from God.they tell false dreams Dreams were sometimes considered a means of divine communication in the ancient world. However, false dreams are those that do not originate from God and lead people astray. <a href="/jeremiah/23-25.htm">Jeremiah 23:25-32</a> warns against prophets who claim to have dreams from God but speak lies. The emphasis is on discerning true revelation from God versus human fabrications.and offer empty comfort. The comfort offered by idols and false prophets is described as empty because it lacks substance and truth. True comfort comes from God, who is described as the "God of all comfort" (<a href="/2_corinthians/1-3.htm">2 Corinthians 1:3-4</a>). The false assurances given by idols and diviners fail to provide real peace or security.Therefore the people wander like sheep, Sheep are often used in the Bible as a metaphor for people, highlighting their need for guidance and protection. Without a shepherd, sheep are prone to wandering and danger. This imagery is used to describe the spiritual state of the people who have turned to idols and false prophets instead of God (<a href="/psalms/23.htm">Psalm 23:1</a>, <a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11</a>).oppressed for lack of a shepherd. The absence of a true shepherd, a leader who guides and protects, results in oppression and suffering. In biblical terms, a shepherd symbolizes a leader or king who cares for the people (<a href="/ezekiel/34-2.htm">Ezekiel 34:2-6</a>). Jesus Christ is identified as the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for the sheep (<a href="/john/10-14.htm">John 10:14-15</a>), providing the ultimate fulfillment of this need for divine leadership and care.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/idols.htm">Idols</a> Objects or entities worshipped in place of the true God, often leading people astray with false promises and deceit. 2. <a href="/topical/d/diviners.htm">Diviners</a> Individuals who claim to predict the future or reveal hidden knowledge through supernatural means, often misleading people with illusions. 3. <a href="/topical/s/sheep.htm">Sheep</a> A metaphor for the people of Israel, symbolizing their vulnerability and need for guidance. 4. <a href="/topical/s/shepherd.htm">Shepherd</a> Represents leaders or guides who are meant to care for and direct the people, but whose absence leads to oppression and wandering. 5. <a href="/topical/o/oppression.htm">Oppression</a> The state of being burdened or mistreated, often due to a lack of proper leadership or guidance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_false_guidance.htm">The Danger of False Guidance</a> Idols and diviners offer deceitful promises that lead people away from the truth. Believers must discern and reject false teachings. <a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_true_leadership.htm">The Need for True Leadership</a> Just as sheep need a shepherd, people need godly leaders who provide guidance and care. Pray for and support leaders who follow Christ's example. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_christ_as_the_good_shepherd.htm">The Role of Christ as the Good Shepherd</a> Jesus is the ultimate Shepherd who provides true comfort and guidance. Trust in Him for direction and protection. <a href="/topical/t/the_responsibility_of_believers.htm">The Responsibility of Believers</a> As followers of Christ, we are called to be discerning and to seek truth in God's Word, avoiding the empty promises of the world. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community.htm">The Importance of Community</a> Believers should support one another, ensuring that no one is left wandering or oppressed. Engage in fellowship and mutual care.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_zechariah_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Zechariah 10</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_zechariah_10_2's_claims.htm">Zechariah 10:2: Is there any archaeological evidence to support or refute the condemnation of idol worship and divination here? </a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_bible's_family_idols.htm">What are the family idols mentioned in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/genesis_31_19__evidence_of_teraphim's_role.htm">In Genesis 31:19, what historical evidence supports the existence or importance of household gods (teraphim), and how does it reconcile with monotheism? </a> <a href="/q/why_isn't_god's_presence_in_jerusalem_seen.htm">Zechariah 2:10 - If God promised to 'live among' the people, why does history not reflect a direct, physical divine presence in Jerusalem?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/zechariah/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 2. - For. The prophet supports his exhortation to pray to Jehovah by showing the worthlessness of trust in idols. Idols; teraphim. What these were is not known for certain. They seem to have been images of human form and sometimes of life size, corresponding in some degree to the lares or penates of the Romans (<a href="/genesis/31-19.htm">Genesis 31:19</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/19-13.htm">1 Samuel 19:13</a>). They were supposed to be capable of bestowing temporal blessings and giving oracles (<a href="/judges/17-5.htm">Judges 17:5</a>; <a href="/judges/18-5.htm">Judges 18:5, 24</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/21-21.htm">Ezekiel 21:21</a>). Have spoken vanity. Gave worthless, misleading responses. The mention of teraphim in this passage is thought to indicate a date anterior to the Captivity; but the prophet is speaking of past events, of the results of these base superstitions in former, not present, time. Three kinds of superstition are mentioned. Septuagint, οἱ ἀποφθεγγόμενοι, "speaking" images. These are the first. Secondly come the soothsayers, the diviners, persons who pretended to predict the future (<a href="/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/29-8.htm">Jeremiah 29:8</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/21-21.htm">Ezekiel 21:21</a>; Habukkuk 2:18). Have told false dreams; Vulgate, somniatores locuti sunt frustra; LXX., τὰ ἐνύπνια ψευδῆ ἐλάλουν, "spake false dreams." The Vulgate seems to be correct, "dreams, i.e. dreamers, spake deceit." This is the third class among the practisers of superstitious observances. They comfort in vain, when they promise temporal blessings (<a href="/job/21-34.htm">Job 21:34</a>). Therefore they went their way as a flock. Because they trusted in these vain superstitions, the Israelites had to leave their own place, were led into exile like a flock of sheep driven away for sale or slaughter (<a href="/jeremiah/1-17.htm">Jeremiah 1:17</a>). They were troubled. They were and are still oppressed by the heathen. Because there was (is) no shepherd. Because they had no king to guard and lead them, they fell under the power of foreign rulers, who ill treated and oppressed them (<a href="/ezekiel/34-5.htm">Ezekiel 34:5</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/5-15.htm">Nehemiah 5:15</a>). <a href="/commentaries/zechariah/10-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּ֧י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction idols הַתְּרָפִ֣ים (hat·tə·rā·p̄îm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8655.htm">Strong's 8655: </a> (a kind of idol) perhaps household idol speak דִּבְּרוּ־ (dib·bə·rū-) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue deceit אָ֗וֶן (’ā·wen) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_205.htm">Strong's 205: </a> Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol and diviners וְהַקּֽוֹסְמִים֙ (wə·haq·qō·ws·mîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7080.htm">Strong's 7080: </a> To distribute, determine by lot, magical scroll, to divine see חָ֣זוּ (ḥā·zū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2372.htm">Strong's 2372: </a> To gaze at, to perceive, contemplate, to have a, vision of illusions; שֶׁ֔קֶר (še·qer) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8267.htm">Strong's 8267: </a> Deception, disappointment, falsehood they tell יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ (yə·ḏab·bê·rū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue FALSE הַשָּׁ֣וא‪‬ (haš·šā·w) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7723.htm">Strong's 7723: </a> Evil, idolatry, uselessness dreams וַֽחֲלֹמוֹת֙ (wa·ḥă·lō·mō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2472.htm">Strong's 2472: </a> A dream and offer empty הֶ֖בֶל (he·ḇel) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1892.htm">Strong's 1892: </a> Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory comfort. יְנַֽחֵמ֑וּן (yə·na·ḥê·mūn) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5162.htm">Strong's 5162: </a> To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge Therefore עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the people wander נָסְע֣וּ (nā·sə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5265.htm">Strong's 5265: </a> To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey like כְמוֹ־ (ḵə·mōw-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3644.htm">Strong's 3644: </a> Like, as, when sheep, צֹ֔אן (ṣōn) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock oppressed יַעֲנ֖וּ (ya·‘ă·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6031.htm">Strong's 6031: </a> To be bowed down or afflicted for כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction lack אֵ֥ין (’ên) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle of a shepherd. רֹעֶֽה׃ (rō·‘eh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm">Strong's 7462: </a> To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-2.htm">OT Prophets: Zechariah 10:2 For the teraphim have spoken vanity (Zech. 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