I have compared thee, Heb. I have made thee like; which may be understood either,
1. Verbally, by comparing. Or,
2. Really, by making a real resemblance in quality or condition. To a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots; either,
1. For comeliness; for a horse is a very stately and beautiful creature, and the Egyptian horses were preferred before others, 1 Kings 10:28 Isaiah 31:1, and Pharaoh's own chariot horses were doubtless the best of their kind. Or,
2. For excellent order and usefulness, as those horses did equally and orderly draw the chariot, and carried Pharaoh with ease and speed whither he designed to go. Or rather,
3. For strength and courage, to overcome all thine enemies. For horses are famous for that property, Job 39:21, &c. And the strength of the battle was then thought to consist very much in horses, Proverbs 21:31, and chariots, and especially in a company or multitude of them. And the church in this book is represented not only as fair and beautiful, but also as terrible to her enemies, Song of Solomon 6:10. Compare Revelation 19:11,14.