Matthew Poole and continuators on Zechariah 9:10

10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim , and the horse from Jerusalem , and the battel bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace unto the heathen , and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea t, and from the river , even to the ends of the earth .

When the Messiah comes and sets up his Kingdom, he will need no external force, he will do that by the power of his Spirit; Chariots of War are for other kind of Kings and Kingdoms, but in promoting of his own Kingdom, he will make no use of such force,

Either literal, or typical.

Another Instrument of war, but not useful to the Prince of Peace, neither bow, nor Sword brought Salvation to him, nor shall they be mentioned in the day of his conquest.

Make peace for them, and then publish it to them; that on the Cross, this in the Gospel; the Gentiles shall through him be reconciled unto God, and one another, Ephes. 2.17.

How mean soever on the Ass, yet hath a large Dominion, is King of the Universe.

Euphrates utmost bound East

to the utmost end of Canaan, toward the Mediterran[illegible: 1 letter]an Sea; a Type of all the world to be the Inheritance of Christ. These things promised here are of Spiritual Nature, and be blessings of a Spiritual Kingdom.

From the Red S[illegible: 1 letter]a, and from the Arabian Gulf, to the Syrian Sea.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 paragraph]; [illegible: 1 word] 72.8.