Zechariah 10:1

Of the Lord. Zechariah shows that if God’s people are to receive the promised blessings, they must seek them from the Lord, not from idols (v. 2). The assurance of abundance (ch. 9:17) prompts the prophet to appeal to his people to trust in God alone for their material and spiritual benefits.

Latter rain. This rain came in the spring, at the close of the rainy season, and was needed to mature the grain before the harvest (see Deut. 11:14). The early rain began the rainy season, in the fall, to promote the growth of the seed just sown (see Vol. II, p. 108). Copious rains early and late were a token of God’s care and favor, His temporal and spiritual blessings (see Isa. 30:2; Jer. 5:24; Joel 2:23).

Bright clouds. Heb. chazizim, “thunderclouds.” The figure of the latter rain is used to describe the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the last days (see on Joel 2:23). It is now the “time of the latter rain,” when men ought to send up earnest petitions that the spiritual grace that prepares the church for the coming of the Son of man may speedily be realized (see AA 55; TM 506).