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Horse, The

 

Horse, The

Endued with strength by God - Job 39:19

DESCRIBED AS

• Strong
- Ps 33:17; 147:10
• Swift
- Isa 30:16; Jer 4:13; Hab 1:8
• Fearless
- Job 39:20,22
• Fierce and impetuous
- Job 39:21,24
• Warlike in disposition
- Job 39:21; Jer 8:6
• Sure footed
- Isa 63:13

Want of understanding in, alluded to - Ps 32:9

Hard hoofs of, alluded to - Isa 5:28

Loud snorting of, alluded to - Jer 8:16; Job 39:20

COLOURS OF, MENTIONED

• White
- Zec 1:8; 6:3; Re 6:2
• Black
- Zec 6:2,6; Re 6:5
• Red
- Zec 1:8; 6:2; Re 6:4
• Speckled
- Zec 1:8
• Bay
- Zec 6:3,7
• Grisled
- Zec 6:3,6
• Pale or ash colour
- Re 6:8

Fed on grain and herbs - 1Ki 4:28; 18:5

USED FOR

• Mounting calvary
- Ex 14:9; 1Sa 13:5
• Drawing chariots
- Mic 1:13; Zec 6:2
• Bearing burdens
- Ezr 2:66; Ne 7:68
• Hunting
- Job 39:18
• Conveying posts, &c
- 2Ki 9:17-19; Es 8:10

Kings and princes rode on - Es 6:8-11; Eze 23:23

Governed by bit and bridle - Ps 32:9; Jas 3:3

Urged on by whips - Pr 26:3

Adorned with bells on the neck - Zec 14:20

Numbers of, kept for war - Jer 51:27; Eze 26:10

Prepared and trained for war - Pr 21:31

In battle protected by armour - Jer 46:4

Vanity of trusting to - Ps 33:17; Am 2:15

THE JEWS

• Forbidden to multiply
- De 17:16
• Imported from Egypt
- 1Ki 10:28,29
• Multiplied in Solomon's reign
- 1Ki 4:26
• Condemned for multiplying
- Isa 2:7
• Not to trust in
- Ho 14:3
• Condemned for trusting to
- Isa 30:16; 31:3
• Brought back many, from Babylon
- Ezr 2:66

Notice of early traffic in - Ge 47:17

Sold in fairs and markets - Eze 27:14; Re 18:13

OFTEN SUFFERED

• From blindness
- Zec 12:4
• From plague
- Zec 14:15
• From murrain
- Ex 9:3
• From bites of serpents
- Ge 49:17
• In the hoof from prancing
- Jud 5:22
• In battle
- Jer 51:21; Hag 2:22

Dedicated to the sun by idolaters - 2Ki 23:11

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

• Beauty of the church
- So 1:9; Zec 10:3
• Glorious and triumphant deliverance of the church
- Isa 63:13
• A dull headstrong disposition
- Ps 32:9
• Impetuosity of the wicked in sin
- Jer 8:6
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