Zechariah 10

^{1 a} The Prophet reproueth the Jewes because by their owne infidelitie thei put backe Gods graces promised, & so famine came by Gods juste judgement: therefore to auoide this plague he willeth them to turne to God, & pray in faith to him, and so he wil giue them abundance.

^{1 !} The vanitie of idolatrie.

^{2 c} That is, the Jewes went into captiuitie.

^{2 b} He calleth to remembrance Gods punishments in times past because they trusted not in him, but in their idoles and sorcerers who euer deceiued them.

^{3 d} Meaning, the cruel gouernours which did oppresse the poore shepe, {Ezek. 34,17}.

^{3 !} The Lord promiseth to visite & comforte the house of Israel.

^{3 e} He wil be merciful to this Church and cherish them as a King or Prince doeth his best horse which shalbe for his owne vse in the warre.

^{4 g} ouer their enemies.

^{4 f} Out of Judah shal the chief gouernour procede, who shal be as a corner to vpholde the buylding and as a natle to fasten it together.

^{6 h} That is, the ten tribes, which shulde be gathered vnder Christ to the rest of the Churche.

^{8 i} Whereby he declareth the power of God who nedeth no great preparation when he wil deliuer his: for with a becke or hisse he can call them from all places suddenly.

^{9 k} Thogh they shal yet be scattered & seme to be lost, yet it shalbe profitable vnto them: for there thei shal come to the knowledge of my Name, which was accomplished vnder the Gospel among whome it was first preached.

^{9 l} Not that they shulde returne into their countrey, but be gathered and joyned in one faith by the doctrine of Gospel.

^{11 m} He alludeth to the deliuerance of the people out of Egypt where as the Angel smote the floods and riuers.