Charles Spurgeon Commentary Zechariah 10:8

"I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased." — Zechariah 10:8 (ASV)

The word "hiss" is supposed by some to be an allusion to the Eastern custom of men who managed bees making a sound like hissing in order to gather them into the hive. Others, however, translate the word "piping" as the shepherd pipes to his flock, and they gather round him. In the words, I will gather them, for I have redeemed them, we see that particular redemption is the groundwork of effectual calling; those whom Jesus Christ has bought with his precious blood the Holy Spirit will call by power out from the rest of mankind.