John Trapp on Zechariah 14:3

Verſe 3. Then ſhall the Lord go forth, and fight againſt thoſe nations] Some read it, Among thoſe nations: He ſhall be the Archiſtrategus, the Commander in chief of thoſe Armies, which he hath brought together againſt Ieruſalem, to revenge upon her the quarrel of his Covenant. But I like the other way better: becauſe it is purpoſely ſpoken for the comfort of Saints in evill times. When therefore there is dignus vindice nodus, & periculum par animo Alexandri, as he was wont to ſay, when it is time for God to ariſe, that his enemies may be ſcattered, and thoſe that hate him, fly before him; he will ariſe and have mercy upon Zion; he will awake as in the dayes of old: he will come forth from his holy place to the relcue of his praying people. There brake he the arrowes of the bow, the ſhield, and the ſword, and the battel, Selab. Pſal. 76.3, 4. There he appeared more glorious and excellent then the mountaines of prey. There he did, and there he will: for this is a common and currant Scripture-medium. Eſay 10. God ſhall fight againſt thoſe nations, the very rod of his wrath: which after he hath worn to the ſtump, he will caſt it into the fire. The wicked are called Gods ſword Pſal. 17.13. But it will fall out with them, as with that ſword which Hector gave Ajax; which ſo long as he uſed againſt his enemies, ſerved for help and defence: but after he began to abuſe it to the hurt of hurtleſſe beaſts, it turned into his own bowels.

as when he fought in the day of battel] with his own bare hand as it were, Eſay 52.10. and in a miraculous manner, as he did for Iſrael at the red ſea, for Ioſhua, Iehoſhaphat, Hezekiah &c. and as he ſhall do at that laſt great battle againſt Antichriſt and his Adherents Rev. 20.8, 9, 10. which is here (haply) pointed at. Let the Lord but ariſe only and his enemies ſhall be ſcattered: but if he once take hold of ſhield and buckler, (for defence) he draw out the ſpear and ſword (thoſe weapons of offence) and appear as a man of warr Exod. 15.3. or as a Lord and Victour of warrs (ſo the Chaldee there hath it) he will charge thorough and thorough, he will burn them together Eſay 27.4. and in the ſame place 2 Sam. 23.7.