Read Zechariah 10.1-12 God gathers the exiles.
The speech continues the theme of restoration in the previous oracle by focusing on God's work of returning the exiles of Israel and Judah.
In verse 2 Teraphim are objects or images used in worship (Judg 17.5) and were condemned by some writers (2 Kings 23.24).
Here the main concern seems to be that all media of revelation have become silent.
In verse 3 it is uncertain whether these shepherds, the people's leaders, are rulers of foreign countries oppressing Judah (Jer 12.10) or Judah's own rulers who have become corrupt (Isa 56.11), like those denigrated in 11.4-6.
In either case, they will be punished so God can restore the house of Judah.
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