Zechariah 10:5

Together they will trample on warriors, as on the dirt of the streets in battle. They fight, for the Lord is with them, putting the riders on horses to shame.

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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.

In Context

4From Judah will come the cornerstone and the stay, from them the battle bow, from them goes forth every commander.

6I will make strong the house of Judah, I will bring deliverance to the house of Joseph, I will bring them back for I have compassion on them, they will be as if I had not driven them away. For I am the Lord their God and will answer them.

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Cross References

Joshua 10:14Never was there a day like that, before or since, when the Lord listened to the cry of a mortal man. For the Lord was fighting for Israel.

Psalms 18:42I beat them like dust of the market-place, stamped them like mud of the streets.

Psalms 33:16It is not by great armies that kings are victorious, it is not by great strength that a warrior saves himself;

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 10:2-5

Encouragements to Trust in God. ( b. c. 510.) 1 Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. 2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. 3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the Lord of hosts hath… Read the whole commentary →

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