10:5
Instead of being a downtrodden people, the nation would become a nation of warriors, mighty men in battle. They would fight because the Lord was with them. Our well being and effectiveness is dependent upon the Lord being with us, we need to know His presence. The use of cavalry in war was an innovation of the Persian armies.
10:6
The Lord would strengthen Israel. God strengthens the weak. “I will bring them back”. At this time some had returned from Babylon, but many still remained there. So there could be a fulfilment in those terms, but a greater fulfilment is still to come, one where the hearts of the Israelites come back to God. And it is God who will do this, and He will do it because He has compassion upon them. And it would be a complete restoration, it would be as if He had never rejected them. We should note that God had rejected them, just as we were under judgement. The Bible speaks of judgement and restoration, we like to speak only of restoration, but in doing so miss out on the whole truth. A feature of their being back with the Lord was that they would ask and He would answer them. Note that when Jesus was on earth a feature of His life was answered prayer.
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