Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
riders on horses—namely, the enemy's horsemen. Though the Jews were forbidden by the law to multiply horses in battle (Deuteronomy 17:16), they are made Jehovah's war horse (Zechariah 10:3; Psalms 20:7), and so tread down on foot the foe with all his cavalry (Ezekiel 38:4; Daniel 11:40). Cavalry was the chief strength of the Syro-Grecian army (I Maccabees 3:39).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Zechariah 10:5:
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Zechariah 10:1
Zechariah 10:7
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