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Zechariah 14:2-12

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2 For 1I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and 2the city shall be taken 3and the houses plundered 4and the women raped. 5Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 6Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle.
4 7On that day his feet shall stand 8on 9the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and 10the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by 11a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward.
5 And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from 12the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.
6 13On that day 14there shall be 15no light, cold, or frost.[a]
7 16And there shall be a unique[b] day, 17which is known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but 18at evening time there shall be light.
8 19On that day 20living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to 21the eastern sea[c] and half of them to 22the western sea.[d]23It shall continue in summer as in winter.
9 And 24the LORD will be king over all the earth. 25On that day the LORD will be 26one and 27his name one.
10 28The whole land shall be turned into a plain from 29Geba to 30Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But 31Jerusalem shall remain aloft 32on its site from 33the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to 34the Corner Gate, and from 35the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
11 And it shall be inhabited, for 36there shall never again be a decree of utter destruction.[e]37Jerusalem shall dwell in security.
12 And this shall be 38the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
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Zechariah 14:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH 14

This chapter treats of the coming of Christ with all his saints, and his personal appearance among them; and of the signs of the times before that; and of what shall befall the enemies of the church, both open and secret; and of the happy state and condition of the church itself. First there will be a time of great affliction to the people of God, Zec 14:1,2, when the Lord will appear and fight for them, and will appear to them, and with them, Zec 14:3-5 but before this time it will be an uncommon season, neither day nor night; at the close of which, light will break forth, Zec 14:6,7 the Gospel will be spread far and near, attended with the Spirit and grace of God in great plenty, Zec 14:8 which will bring on the spiritual reign of Christ over all the earth, Zec 14:9 particularly the land of Judea, and the city of Jerusalem, shall be inhabited by men with safety, Zec 14:10,11 and all those that oppose and fight against the Lord's people shall be destroyed, partly by an immediate plague from the Lord upon them, and partly by the hands of one another, and also by the saints of the most High; and the plague shall not only be upon their persons, but upon their cattle likewise, Zec 14:12-16 and as for those that profess the Christian name, and yet neglect or refuse to worship the Lord in a spiritual and evangelical manner, there shall be no rain upon them, Zec 14:17-19 and as for the church and people of God, there shall be universal holiness among them, and not a single Canaanite to be found in the midst of them, Zec 14:20,21.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 38

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. Compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  • [b]. Hebrew one
  • [c]. That is, the Dead Sea
  • [d]. That is, the Mediterranean Sea
  • [e]. The Hebrew term rendered decree of utter destruction refers to things devoted (or set apart) to the Lord (or by the Lord) for destruction
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.