Charles Spurgeon Commentary Zechariah 10:5

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Zechariah 10:5

1834–1892
Baptist
Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Zechariah 10:5

1834–1892
Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"And they shall be as mighty men, treading down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded." — Zechariah 10:5 (ASV)

The Jewish infantry often put the Syrian cavalry to flight, and I may aptly compare the apostles of old to humble fighters on foot; while heathen and other philosophers were like mighty men on horseback, they were nevertheless turned back by the apparently weaker warriors of the cross, and this is still true today.

We can certainly afford to give our adversaries every advantage they can ask. Let them have state patronage, worldly dignity, learning, and wealth; yet, in the name of God, we will vanquish them, for the truth of God is mightier than all the wisdom of man, and the weakness of God is stronger than the greatest strength of man.