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Zechariah 10:11

King James Version (KJV)

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Zechariah 10:11

Verse 11 of 12

Scripture focus

And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

Zechariah 10:11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zechariah 10:11

Theological / Devotional

Through the sea. A reference to the miracle of the Red Sea (Ex. 14). God would again be willing to work miraculously in the deliverance of His people.

River. Heb. ye’or, frequently designating the Nile (Ex. 1:22; 2:3; etc.; see on Ex. 2:10). However, ye’or may also apply to other streams. In Dan. 12:5-7 it refers to the Tigris. Some think it here refers to the Euphrates, which the exiles who returned from Babylon would cross on their way to Jerusalem. Others, by a consideration of the parallelism, think that the Nile is meant.

Brought down. Punishment would be visited upon those nations that had held God’s people captive (see Isa. 10:12 ; 13:1-22; Eze. 29 to 32; etc.).

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