The Pride of Assyria will be Brought
Down
"He shall pass through the sea with affliction, And strike the waves of the sea: All the depths of the River shall dry up. Then the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, And the scepter of Egypt shall depart." Zechariah 10:11
COMMENTARY - ZECHARIAH 10:11
11. 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 (Isa 11:15, 16). Vulgate translates, "The strait of the
sea." MAURER, "He shall cleave and smite." English Version is best (Ps 114:3).
As Jehovah smote the Red Sea to make a passage for His people (Ex 14:16, 21), so
hereafter shall He make a way through every obstacle which opposes Israel's
restoration.
the river--the Nile (Am 8:8; 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-- (Eze 30:13). JFB
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