Zechariah 12:5

"In that day,” says the LORD, “I will strike every horse with terror and his rider with madness. I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness."

Key Reflection

In Zechariah 12:5:2-3, the LORD predicts a day when He will bring fear and confusion to opposing forces, both locally among Judah's enemies and globally among other nations, symbolizing divine judgment on those who challenge His people. This prophecy underscores God’s sovereignty and the effectiveness of His intervention in historical events.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And the princes of Judah -He pictures the onemindedness of the Church. No one shall assume anything to himself; each shall exalt the strength which the other was to him; but all, “in the Lord. The princes of Judah” shall say “in their heart,” not outwardly or politically, but in inward conviction, “strength to me” (all speak as one) “are the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the Lord of hosts their God.” The highest in human estimation acknowledge that their strength is in those who are of no account in this world; as, in fact the hearts of the poor are evermore the strength of the Church; but that,

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