Zechariah 10:5

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

⁵They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.⁶I will strengthen the house of Judah and deliver the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them. ⁷Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be glad; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD. ⁸I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were. ⁹Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return. ¹⁰I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them. ¹¹They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart. ¹²I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk," declares the LORD.

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as: Zechariah 9:13, Zechariah 12:8, 1 Samuel 16:18, 2 Samuel 22:8, Psalms 45:3, Luke 24:19, Acts 7:22, Acts 18:24, 2 Corinthians 10:4

tread: Psalms 18:42, Isaiah 10:6, Isaiah 25:10, Micah 7:10, Matthew 4:3

because: Zechariah 14:3, Zechariah 14:13, Deuteronomy 20:1, Joshua 10:14, Joshua 10:42, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 41:12, Joel 3:12-17, Matthew 28:20, Romans 8:31-37, 2 Timothy 4:7, 2 Timothy 4:17, Revelation 19:13-15

and the riders on horses shall be confounded: or, they shall make the riders on horses ashamed, Zechariah 12:4, Psalms 20:7, Psalms 33:16, Ezekiel 38:15, Haggai 2:22, Revelation 19:17

Reciprocal: Numbers 23:24 - he shall 2 Samuel 22:43 - as the mire 2 Chronicles 13:12 - God Job 40:12 - tread Psalms 7:5 - tread Psalms 44:5 - tread Psalms 60:12 - tread Isaiah 16:4 - oppressors Isaiah 41:25 - come upon Isaiah 63:3 - and trample Jeremiah 51:21 - General Obadiah 1:21 - saviours Micah 2:13 - they have Micah 4:7 - I will Micah 5:8 - as a lion Zechariah 9:10 - the battle Zechariah 9:15 - they shall devour Zechariah 14:14 - Judah also shall Malachi 4:3 - tread down Romans 16:20 - bruise 1 Timothy 6:12 - Fight

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
This is the account of Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.

Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD."

Genesis 10:20
These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

Genesis 10:25
And two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.

Psalms 72:10
May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

Isaiah 24:15
Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.

Isaiah 40:15
Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

Isaiah 41:5
The islands see and fear, the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.

Isaiah 42:4
He will not grow weak or discouraged until He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope."

Isaiah 42:10
Sing to the LORD a new song, His praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell there.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 intrepidity; for, if he is for them, who can be against them? the battle is theirs, success is certain:

and the riders on horses shall be confounded; such that come up against them on them, and trust in them, shall be beaten by them, and so made ashamed; and the flesh, both of the horses and their riders, shall be the food of the fowls of the air, Revelation 19:18 perhaps the Turkish cavalry is meant, who may attempt to hinder the settlement of the Jews in their own land; the armies of the Turks consisting greatly of horsemen, Revelation 9:16.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And they - (the house of Judah , of whom he had said, He hath made them as the goodly horse in the battle) shall be as mighty men, trampling on the mire of the streets Micah had said, “she shall be a trampling, as the mire of the streets” Micah 7:10, and David, “I did stamp them as the mire of the street” 2 Samuel 22:43. Zechariah, by a yet bolder image, pictures those trampled upon, as what they had become, “the mire of the streets,” as worthless, as foul; as he had said, “they shall trample on the sling-stones” Zechariah 9:15. And they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, not in their own strength, he still reminds them; they shall have power, because God empowers them; strength, because God strengthens them : in presence of which, the goodly war-horse of God, human strength, “the riders on horses, shall be ashamed.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 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.