Zechariah 10:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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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Because

And the riders on horses shall be confounded

General references

Jeremiah 51:21

Zechariah 14:3

Bible References

As

For I have made Judah a bow bent for my use, I have made Ephraim the arrows of the bow; I will make your sons, O Zion, take up arms against your sons, O Greece, and will make you like the sword of a man of war.

In that day the Lord will be a cover over the people of Jerusalem; and he who is feeble among them in that day will be as strong as David, and the family of David will be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.

Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.

Then the earth was moved with a violent shock; the bases of heaven were moved and shaking, because he was angry.

Put on your sword, make it ready at your side, O strong chief, with your glory and power.

And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:

And Moses was trained in all the wisdom of Egypt, and was great in his words and works.

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings.

(For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);

Because

Then the Lord will go out and make war against those nations, as he did in the day of the fight.

When you go out to war against other nations, and come face to face with horses and war-carriages and armies greater in number than yourselves, have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.

And there was no day like that, before it or after it, when the Lord gave ear to the voice of a man; for the Lord was fighting for Israel.

Have knowledge, O peoples, and be in fear; give ear, all you far-off parts of the earth:

You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction.

Let the nations be awake, and come to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there I will be seated as judge of all the nations round about.

Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.

What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:

And he is clothed in a robe washed with blood: and his name is The Word of God.

And the riders on horses shall be confounded

In that day, says the Lord, I will put fear into every horse and make every horseman go off his head: and my eyes will be open on the people of Judah, and I will make every horse of the peoples blind.

Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God.

A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength.

And you will come from your place in the inmost parts of the north, you and a great number of peoples with you, all of them on horseback, a great force and a strong army:

Overturning the power of kingdoms; and I will send destruction on the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; by me war-carriages will be overturned with those who are in them; and the horses and the horsemen will come down, everyone by the sword of his brother.

And I saw an angel taking his place in the sun; and he was crying with a loud voice, saying to all the birds in flight in the heavens, Come together to the great feast of God;

General references

With you the horse and the horseman will be broken; with you the war-carriage and he who goes in it will be broken;

Then the Lord will go out and make war against those nations, as he did in the day of the fight.