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Zec 10:1-12  “I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase” (1Co 3:6)

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Zec 10:1-12  “I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase” (1Co 3:6)

[Study Aired August 3, 2023]

Zec 10:1  Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. 
Zec 10:2  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. 
Zec 10:3  Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle. 
Zec 10:4  Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. 
Zec 10:5  And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded. 
Zec 10:6  And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them. 
Zec 10:7  And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. 
Zec 10:8  I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased. 
Zec 10:9  And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again. 
Zec 10:10  I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them. 
Zec 10:11  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. 
Zec 10:12  And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD. 

In our last study of Zechariah, we talked about “the burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus” and saw how the word burdenH4853 represents the effect God’s word will have on the hearts and minds of those who are learning of God’s judgments in their earth (Isa 26:9-10, Jer 22:29).

These verses (Isa 26:9-10, Jer 22:29) show us there is a process of judgment upon mankind, that has a ‘beginning of sorrows’, just as we read of in Matthew 24:8, and an ‘ending of sorrows’ that will happen for most people in the lake of fire when every tear will be wiped away (Rev 21:4). It is only those in this dispensation of grace who come to see the man of perdition on the throne of our own hearts, typified by the abomination of desolation [“When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)“], who will spend the rest of their earthly existence fleeing “into the mountains” which represent the strength of Christ to whom we look in each other as the body of Christ (Psa 121:1-2, 1Co 11:1, Psa 119:114).

Isa 26:9  With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. 
Isa 26:10  Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

Jer 22:29  O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD. 
Jer 22:30  Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah. 

Psa 119:114  Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. 

Hearing the word of God, and even being judged by God, does not preclude that that person or nation will change their ways, and it certainly does not mean they have become a new creation through Christ (2Co 5:17). It is the mystery of iniquity that is hidden from the world and already at work spoken of in 2 Thessalonians 2:6-9 that prevents or withholds this spiritual change from happening.

2Th 2:6  And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
2Th 2:7  For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 
2Th 2:8  And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 
2Th 2:9  Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

We all at first naturally confuse the victory God gives us over physical sins of the flesh via miraculous physical healings in our life and equate it as being Christ’s righteousness being revealed in the new creation (Mat 7:22). In reality, it is a shadow of the righteousness of Christ and at the same time strong delusion for those who don’t see it as such. Christ’s miracles never changed the heart of anyone, and were miracles that demonstrated a shadow of the greater works that the body of Christ would be given to do with God’s spirit within us, even greater works than what Christ did seeing these new works were going to bring about spiritual healing (Joh 14:12, Rom 8:9)

Mat 7:22  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 

Joh 14:12  Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

Rom 8:9  But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

It is God’s elect who will administer His judgments throughout the earth when “The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.” Chapter nine reveals the powerful way in which Babylon will fall in one symbolic hour (Rev 18:10, Rev 18:17-19) via the rod of iron God will use to humble the nations through the elect (Rev 11:15, Rev 2:27, Rev 12:5, Rev 19:15). 

Rev 18:10  Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

Rev 18:17  For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
Rev 18:18  And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! 
Rev 18:19  And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

That humbling of the nations does not bring about conversion but will leave an undeniable witness of how God can overthrow the weak and beggarly elements under which we all initially held in bondage. Only by the grace of God we do not go back to them as typified by Israel wanting to go back to the bondage of the pleasures of sin for a season in Egypt even after the Lord overthrew their enemies, who typify their bondage and slavery to sin (Heb 11:25, Exo 15:1-16). The loosing or binding of Satan, in other words, is all a work of the Lord to show us how we cannot overcome unless the son of God sets us free (Rev 20:7, Joh 8:36). 

The ability to judge the nations is given to those who have suffered and been judged in this age (1Pe 4:12, 1Pe 4:17), and the hope-filled message at the end of chapter nine reveals the reward and blessing that comes upon those who are blessed to endure until the end (Zec 9:14-17, Mat 24:13)

Zec 9:14  And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. 
Zec 9:15  The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
Zec 9:16  And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land. 
Zec 9:17  For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

Mat 24:13  But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

The latter rain is what we will be looking at in this tenth chapter of Zechariah, which represents the word of God, the “corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids” that with which the elect will fill the world, saturating the unconverted masses with the truth of the true gospel of Christ. We will be leaving an example for the ages to come that all the planting and watering in the world, even with Christ and His Christ on this earth, does not bring about any spiritual increase, which is always given by God at the exact appointed time that it was purposed to be so. The elect takes on that role which Christ had when He was in His flesh, bringing forth the word of truth, performing miracles, but not converting anyone (1Co 3:6-9, 1Jn 4:17).

1Co 3:6  I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 
1Co 3:7  So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
1Co 3:8  Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
1Co 3:9  For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

Zec 10:1  Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
Zec 10:2  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 true latter rain God brings through His great cloud of witness to the world during the thousand-year reign of the saints spoken of in the first verse of our study (Jas 5:7-8, Heb 12:1), is contrasted with the “diviners” of Babylon who have spoken vanity (Mar 7:7) and told “false dreams” in the second verse (Jer 23:32), whose comfort is in vain (2Pe 2:17-19, Jud 1:16) leaving the flocks to go “their way as a flock” being troubled because there was no stay of bread or water (Isa 3:1) but only a negative empty cloud of witness, from those who were no shepherds at all but false apostles (Jud 1:12, 2Co 11:13-15). 

Jer 23:32  Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith Jehovah, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, saith Jehovah.

Jas 5:7  Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.
Jas 5:8  Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

Jud 1:12  These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

2Co 11:13  For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 
2Co 11:14  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
2Co 11:15  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. 

Now a new thing is happening. Babylon has fallen, and the latter rain is being given through the elect via “the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.” The field (Mat 13:38) is the world, and what the world produces via the word of God starts off as grass [God’s word received in immature ears] that will feed the beasts of the earth which men are in God’s eyes (Ecc 3:18). 

God uses Elijah as a type of the elect to show us how it is through our fervent prayers God will “give them the showers of rain” in due season (Jas 5:16-20). Elijah prayed twice, the first time asking that it not rain for three and a half years, the same length of time as the two witnesses’ ministry, who represent the body of Christ. These witness to the world but don’t convert the masses who can’t yet receive the true gospel message and be washed by it. Our ministry in Christ is primarily for the body of Christ today and is not for converting the masses, although we are to do good to all men, especially the household of faith who are being sanctified and cleansed with the washing of water by the word in this age. During the thousand-year reign of the saints, God’s children are now known and seen and heard, and even looked to as saviors (Oba 1:21, Rev 3:9).  Again this is all just another witness of how that witness will not bring about any spiritual increase until God grants it in the lake of fire.

Eph 5:26  That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

Rev 3:9  Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

The second time Elijah prayed (“And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit”) typifies the time when the world will begin to bring forth spiritual fruit. The planting and watering come from the body of Christ [our fervent prayers], but the increase comes from the Father, or it does not, all according to the counsel of His own will (Eph 1:11).

The word of God is not a joyful burden to the world, but as we saw in chapter nine of Zechariah, God’s word in the unconverted heart is “the burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus”, also described as “the burden of Jehovah” in Jeremiah 23:33-34. If we see God’s word as a burden, then we must not have Christ in us bearing that burden, and with such a heart we bring a curse upon ourselves by not being given to recognize that the word is not a burden but rather “the power of God unto salvation” (Rom 1:16, Rev 19:1).

Jer 23:33  And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? then shalt thou say unto them, What burden! I will cast you off, saith Jehovah. 
Jer 23:34  And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house. 

Rom 1:16  For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 

Rev 19:1  After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to our God: 

Zec 10:3  Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
Zec 10:4  Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. 
Zec 10:5  And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

God will use the elect who are typified by Judah, who is likened to a “goodly horse in the battle” as the means by which His wrath will be shown to the nations. “Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats.” The only reason the elect can accomplish this is because we have been judged and made ready to be kings and priest because of the day of our judgment or visitation we have gone endured, “for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah” (1Pe 4:17, 1Pe 4:12, 2Ti 2:12, Jer 5:14).

Out of the church, typified by Judah, comes forth the zeal of the Lord described in these terms, “Out of him came forth the cornerH6438, out of him the nailH3489, out of him the battleH4421 bow,H7198 out of him everyH3605 oppressorH5065 together.H3162”

The Corner

The church will have every angle covered with Christ as the chief cornerstone of their lives, and all our accusers will be made silent in Christ (Eph 2:20, Rom 8:1-2, 1Ti 1:9).

The Nail

The word “nail”H3489 is the same word that describes the “pins“H3489 which are used in the construction of the temple (Num 3:37, Num 4:32, Deu 23:13). When the temple of God is fastened together properly, each joint supplying what is needed in love, the body or temple is strong (Eph 4:16). The nail or the pin represents the word of God that must destroy the man of sin within us and protect the body of Christ, figuratively killing everything that breathes (Jdg 4:21).

Num 3:37  And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pinsH3489, and their cords [Ecc 4:12, Joh 2:15-17, Heb 12:6].

Num 4:32  And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pinsH3489, and their cords [Ecc 4:12], with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.

Deu 23:13  And thou shalt have a paddleH3489 upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:

Jdg 4:21  Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nailH3489 of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

The Battle Bow

The battle bow, as we saw with our last study, is the instrument God uses to execute His judgments in the earth (Zec 9:13). We are stretched [bowH7198] of the Lord to do a battle, feeling like we are really involved in the fight, and we are involved as we work out our own salvation with fear and trembling, acknowledging that it is the Lord working in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure, which is to win the battle (Php 2:12-13, 1Sa 17:47).

Zec 9:13  When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. 

1Sa 17:47  And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’S, and he will give you into our hands.

EveryH3605 OppressorH5065 TogetherH3162

This phrase “every oppressor together” is another way of saying the entire united body of Christ that is likened unto Gideon’s army will oppress the enemy together, overcoming through the strength that this unity brings, as a threefold cord. That process of judgment represented by the ‘three’ in a “threefold cord” cleanses the temple as we grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior (Rom 12:5, 2Pe 3:18).

Verse five then goes on to describe what this united front in the Lord can accomplish, “And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.” Notice it is they and them who are doing the battle together, and because the Lord is with them, the enemy they come up against will be confounded, “and the riders on horses shall be confounded.” So verse three talks about the positive “goodly horses” that will come up in battle against the negative “riders on horses” of verse five who shall be confounded.

Zec 10:6  And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.

In this verse God declares that all the world will be saved. The house of Judah which is strengthened represents the elect who will be used to save the house of Joseph, symbolism that is shown in this verse where Joseph is represented as Judah [the elect] who is talking to “the house of Joseph” which can represent the world (Gen 45:5). 

Gen 45:5  Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. 

Joseph brought them again to place them in a place where they could grow and mature, having mercy upon them, “for I have mercy upon them.” It would take time, but eventually the conscience of the brothers of Joseph (the world) will be washed, which typifies how God is greater than our hearts (1Jn 3:20), our sin which does so easily beset us (Heb 12:1, 1Jn 2:1). Joseph was used by Pharaoh, who is a type of God the Father, in the same way the elect will be used to show mercy to the world, wiping away all the tears of the world and extending great mercy to them as it had already been extended to God’s elect first. “For I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them” (Rom 11:27-32)

Rom 11:27  For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. 
Rom 11:28  As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes. 
Rom 11:29  For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. 
Rom 11:30  For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: 
Rom 11:31  Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. 
Rom 11:32  For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

Zec 10:7  And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. 

Being the son of Joseph and the one who was blessed by Jacob (Gen 48:19), Ephraim represents the elect who have been blessed to live by the faith of Christ [Joseph], which is why it says “Ephraim shall be like a mighty man” (Php 4:13). Our hearts rejoice “as through wine” as the word of God quickens us (Joh 6:63) and “their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD” represents the rest of the world that will come to know these wonderful works God has performed to the sons of man. They will rejoice as they come to understand that our being saved first, as a kind of first fruits, will ultimately result in their being saved in the great white throne judgment (Oba 1:21).

Zec 10:8  I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased. 
Zec 10:9  And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again. 

Speaking now of Ephraim’s children who represent the inheritance of the saints,  (Gen 22:17-18, Gal 3:16) the following verses discuss the captivity all humanity must go into before they come out of it, “I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: [2Sa 14:14, Oba 1:21] and they shall increase as they have increased [now they shall spiritually increase as our children (Gal 4:27)]. And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.”

Gen 22:17  That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Gen 22:18  And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Gal 3:16  Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Gal 4:27  For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

It was in the “far countries” of Babylon into which we first go that we are gathered out of by the grace of God “and they shall live with their children, and turn again.” This is where we remember the Lord, symbolized by this moment with the prodigal son in Luke 15:17.

Luk 15:17  And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

Zec 10:10  I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them. 

Again, we see the process of judgment that must happen in order to be saved in this next verse: “I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.” Both the elect and the rest of the world will go through this process, each man in his own order.

In this verse we learn how the world goes into “the land of Egypt” and are gathered “out of Assyria“, both symbols of Babylon out of which God’s people are called first. Then we are brought into “the land of GileadH1568 and LebanonH3844” and are told God will not be “found for them.” These places, Gilead and Lebanon, represent our yet self-righteous carnal stage in our walk when we are “East of the Jordan” and not yet understanding that we must be baptized into His death (Rom 6:3) dying daily, as the temple of God (1Co 3:16). We may be heirs of the inheritance, but we are not ready to rule at this stage, and only if God permits will that be the case (Gal 4:1-2, Heb 6:3). 

Zec 10:11  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. 
Zec 10:12  And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.

In order for us to go onto perfection on the third day (Luk 13:32), we must experience all these things inwardly: “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.“

How we will accomplish this transformation of no longer being conformed to this world (Rom 12:2) but to the mind of Christ is then revealed to be by the strength of the Lord, “I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.”  

It takes the ‘Apollos and Paul’ in us, meaning a witness of Christ working in us as we work out our own salvation with fear and trembling, to then be given the increase that comes from God, as He wills these things and does these things in the lives of the peculiar and zealous body of Christ (1Co 3:6-7, Tit 2:14, 1Pe 2:9).

Rom 12:2  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 

1Co 3:6  I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 
1Co 3:7  So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

Tit 2:14  Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. 

1Pe 2:9   But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Zec 10:12  And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.

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