Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
pass . . . sea with affliction—Personifying the "sea"; He shall afflict the sea, that is, cause it to cease to be an obstacle to Israel's return to Palestine (Isaiah 11:15-16). Vulgate translates, "The strait of the sea." MAURER, "He shall cleave and smite." English Version is best (Psalms 114:3). As Jehovah smote the Red Sea to make a passage for His people (Exodus 14:16, Exodus 14:21), so hereafter shall He make a way through every obstacle which opposes Israel's restoration.
the river—the Nile (Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5), or the Euphrates. Thus the Red Sea and the Euphrates in the former part of the verse answer to "Assyria" and "Egypt" in the latter.
sceptre of Egypt . . . depart— (Ezekiel 30:13).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Zechariah 10:11:
Isaiah 11:15
Micah 4:5
Zechariah 10:1
Revelation 16:12
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