And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
And the riders on horses shall be confounded - namely, the enemy's horsemen. Though the Jews were forbidden by the law to multiply horses in battle (Deuteronomy 17:16), they themselves figuratively are made Yahweh's war-horse (Zechariah 10:3; Psalms 20:7), and so tread down on foot the foe, with all his cavalry (Ezekiel 38:4; Daniel 11:40). Cavalry was the chief strength of the Syro-Grecian army (1Ma 3:39).