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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.

And the riders on horses shall be confounded - namely, the enemy's horsemen. Though the Jews were forbidden by the law to multiply horses in battle (), they themselves figuratively are made Yahweh's war-horse (; ), and so tread down on foot the foe, with all his cavalry (; ). Cavalry was the chief strength of the Syro-Grecian army ( 1Ma 3:39 ).

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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