Zechariah 10:11

Zechariah 10:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
• New International Version (NIV)They will pass through the sea of trouble; the surging sea will be subdued and all the depths of the Nile will dry up. Assyria’s pride will be brought down and Egypt’s scepter will pass away.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He shall pass through the sea of troubles and strike down the waves of the sea, and all the depths of the Nile shall be dried up. The pride of Assyria shall be laid low, and the scepter of Egypt shall depart.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He shall pass through the sea with affliction, And strike the waves of the sea: All the depths of the River shall dry up. Then the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, And the scepter of Egypt shall depart.

Context of Zechariah 10:11

9Although I have scattered them among the nations, they will remember me even in faraway places. They will live with their children and then return. 10I will bring them back from Egypt. I will gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and to Lebanon, and there won’t be enough room for them.” The Lord will pass through a sea of distress, strike the waves in the sea, and dry up all the deep places of the Nile River. The pride of Assyria will be humiliated, and the scepter of Egypt will depart. 12“I will strengthen them in the Lord. They will live in his name,” declares the Lord.

Zechariah 10:11 word by word

וְעָבַ֨ר בַּיָּ֜ם צָרָ֗ה וְהִכָּ֤ה בַיָּם֙ גַּלִּ֔ים וְהֹבִ֕ישׁוּ כֹּ֖ל מְצוּל֣וֹת יְאֹ֑ר וְהוּרַד֙ גְּא֣וֹן אַשּׁ֔וּר וְשֵׁ֥בֶט מִצְרַ֖יִם יָסֽוּר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he shall pass throughעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• with afflictionצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869
• and shall smiteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• the wavesגַּלgal · heap: waveH1530
• and all the deepsמְצוֹלָהmetsôlâh metsôlâh metsûlâh metsûlâh · depthH4688
• of the riverיְאֹרye'ôr · NileH2975
• shall dry upיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
• and the prideגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• shall be brought downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• and the sceptreשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribe: staffH7626
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• shall depart awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493

Cross-references for Zechariah 10:11

• Psalms 66:10You have tested us, O God. You have refined us in the same way silver is refined.
• Isaiah 11:15The Lord will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian Sea. He will wave his hand over the Euphrates River with his scorching wind and divide it into seven streams so that people can walk over it in their sandals.
• Isaiah 42:15I will lay waste to mountains and hills. I will dry up all their vegetation. I will turn rivers into islands. I will dry up ponds.
• Isaiah 43:2When you go through the sea, I am with you. When you go through rivers, they will not sweep you away. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not harm you.
• Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. All that night the Lord pushed back the sea with a strong east wind and turned the sea into dry ground. The water divided,
• Joshua 3:15(The Jordan overflows all its banks during the harvest season.) When the priests who were carrying the ark came to the edge of the Jordan River and set foot in
• 2 Kings 2:8Elijah took his coat, rolled it up, and struck the water with it. The water divided to their left and their right, and the two men crossed ⌞the river⌟ on dry ground.
• Psalms 77:16The water saw you, O God. The water saw you and shook. Even the depths of the sea trembled.
• Psalms 114:3The Red Sea looked at this and ran away. The Jordan River turned back.
• Revelation 16:12The sixth angel poured his bowl on the great Euphrates River. The water in the river dried up to make a road for the kings from the east.
• Ezra 6:22So for seven days they celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread because the Lord had made them joyful. The Lord had made the king of Assyria change his mind so that he supported the people in their work on the temple of God, the God of Israel.
• Isaiah 14:25I’ll crush Assyria on my land. I’ll trample it underfoot on my mountains. Then its yoke will be removed from my people, and its burden will be removed from their shoulders.”
• Micah 5:5This man will be their peace. When the Assyrians invade our land and trample our palaces, we will attack them with seven shepherds and eight leaders.
• Ezekiel 29:14I will bring back the Egyptian captives and return them to Pathros, the land they came from. There they will be a weak kingdom.
• Ezekiel 30:13“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: I will destroy the statues and put an end to the idols in Memphis. A prince will never rise again in Egypt. I will spread fear throughout Egypt.

Commentaries on Zechariah 10:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11And he shall pass through the sea - Here is an allusion to the passage of the Red Sea, on their coming out of Egypt, and to their crossing Jordan, when they went into the promised land; the waves or waters of both were dried up, thrown from side to side, till all the people passed safely through. When they shall return from the various countries in which they now sojourn, God will work, if necessary, similar miracles to those which he formerly worked for…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11And He - that is, Almighty God, shall pass through the sea, affliction As He says, “When thou walkest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not oveflow thee. And shall smite the waves in the sea” Isaiah 43:2, as in Isaiah, “The Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea” Isaiah 11:15. The image is from the deliverance of Egypt: yet it is said, that it should not be any exact repetition of the miracles…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-12Verses 6-12 Here are precious promises to the people of God, which look to the state of the Jews, and even to the latter days of the church. Preaching the gospel is God's call for souls to come to Jesus Christ. Those whom Christ redeemed by his blood, God will gather by his grace. Difficulties shall be got over easily, and effectually, as those in the way of the deliverance out of Egypt. God himself will be their strength, and their song. When we resist…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11When the Hebrews returned to Israel from exile in Babylon, they had to cross the Euphrates River. This journey is similar to their exodus from Egypt (see Isaiah 43:2–6, 16–17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. pass ... sea with affliction--Personifying the "sea"; He shall afflict the sea, that is, cause it to cease to be an obstacle to Israel's return to Palestine (Is 11:15, 16). Vulgate translates, "The strait of the sea." Maurer, "He shall cleave and smite." English Version is best (Psa 114:3). As Jehovah smote the Red Sea to make a passage for His people (Ex 14:16, 21), so hereafter shall He make a way through every obstacle which opposes Israel's…Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 10:11

• Assyria
• Egypt
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Egypt
• Euphrates River, the River
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Visit
• Bible, the
• River
• Salvation
• Sceptre; Scepter
• Tribulation

Commentaries on Zechariah 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings