Zechariah 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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
mighty	כְגִבֹּרִ֜ים khe.gi.bo.Rim	H1368	powerful · preposition + noun, common masculine plural absolute
down	בּוֹסִ֨ים bo.Sim	H947	to trample (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
mire	בְּטִ֤יט be.Tit	H2916	mud or clay · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
streets	חוּצוֹת֙ chu.tzOt	H2351	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
battle	בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה ba.mil.cha.Mah	H4421	a battle (i.e. the engagement) · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
fight	וְנִ֨לְחֲמ֔וּ ve.Nil.cha.Mu	H3898	to feed on · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
riders	רֹכְבֵ֥י ro.khe.Vei	H7392	to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle) · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
horses	סוּסִֽים su.Sim	H5483	a horse (as leaping) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
confounded	יָבֵשׁ yâbêsh	H3001	to be ashamed

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Haggai 2:22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chario…
Psalms 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Zechariah 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…
Zechariah 12:8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the hous…
Romans 8:31-37 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Deuteronomy 20:1 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for…
Joshua 10:14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
Joshua 10:42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 10:5–end

Here are divers precious promises made to the people of God, which look further than to the state of the Jews in the latter days of their church, and have certain reference to the spiritual Israel of God, the gospel-church, and all true believers. I. They shall have God's favour and presence, and shall be owned and accepted of him. This is the foundation of all the rest: The Lord is with them, Zac 10:5. He espouses their cause, takes their part, is on their side; and, if he be for them, who can be against them? Again (Zac 10:6), I have mercy upon them. All their dignity and joy are owing purely to God's mercy; and mercy, as it supposes misery, so it excludes merit. They had been cast off, th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 10:5

riders on horses--namely, the enemy's horsemen. Though the Jews were forbidden by the law to multiply horses in battle (Deu 17:16), they are made Jehovah's war horse (Zac 10:3; Psa 20:7), and so tread down on foot the foe with all his cavalry (Eze 38:4; Dan 11:40). Cavalry was the chief strength of the Syro-Grecian army (I Maccabees 3:39).

Adam Clarke on Zechariah 10:5

They shall be as mighty men - The Maccabees and their successors. Riders on horses - The Macedonians, who opposed the Maccabees, and had much cavalry; whereas the Jews had none, and even few weapons of war; yet they overcame these horsemen.

John Gill on Zechariah 10:5

And they shall be as mighty men,.... That is, the converted Jews shall be such; they shall be strong in faith, giving glory to the Messiah; they shall be strong in the grace that is in him; they shall be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might; his strength shall be made perfect in their weakness: which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle; being victorious over sin, Satan, and the world, through Christ, in whom they will believe: and they shall fight; against all their inward and outward enemies, the good fight of faith, with great valour and courage: because the Lord is with them; who is the Lord of hosts or armies; his presence gives boldness and…

Dictionary and topics

Warfare Of Saints · Illustrated — Illustrated

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Zechariah 10:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 10:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 10:5

Adam Clarke on Zechariah 10:5

John Gill on Zechariah 10:5

Dictionary and topics

Zechariah 10:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 10:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 10:5

Adam Clarke on Zechariah 10:5

John Gill on Zechariah 10:5

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Zechariah 10:5

Keil & Delitzsch on Zechariah 10:5-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Zechariah 10:4-12

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