Zechariah 10:5

“And they shall be as mighty [men], etc.] 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…”

“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).”

“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,…”

“as: Zac 9:13, Zac 12:8; Sa1 16:18; Sa2 22:8; Psa 45:3; Luk 24:19; Act 7:22, Act 18:24; Co2 10:4 tread: Psa 18:42; Isa 10:6, Isa 25:10; Mic 7:10; Mat 4:3 because: Zac 14:3, Zac 14:13; Deu 20:1; Jos 10:14, Jos 10:42; Isa 8:9, Isa 41:12; Joe 3:12-17; Mat 28:20; Rom 8:31-37; Ti2 4:7, Ti2 4:17; Rev 19:13-15 and the riders on horses shall be confounded: or, they shall make the riders on horses ashamed, Zac 12:4; Psa 20:7, Psa 33:16; Eze 38:15; Hag 2:22; Rev 19:17 Zechariah 10:6”

“Thus equipped for battle, Judah will annihilate its foes. Zac 10:5. "And they will be like heroes, treading street-mire in the battle: and will fight, for Jehovah is with them, and the riders upon horses are put to shame. Zac 10:6. And I shall strengthen the house of Judah, and grant salvation to the house of Joseph, and shall make them dwell; for I have had compassion upon them: and they will be as if I had not rejected them: for I am Jehovah their God, and will hear them. Zac 10:7. And Ephraim will be like a hero, and their heart will rejoice as if with wine: and their children will see it, and rejoice; their heart shall rejoice in Jehovah." In Zac 10:5, bōsı̄m is a more precise…”