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Zechariah 14:6-16

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6 {And then} on that day there will not be light, the precious things will congeal.
7 There shall be continuous day--it is known to Yahweh--not day and not night; and at evening time there will be light.
8 {And then} on that day, living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea, and the other half to the western sea; it will happen [both] in the summer and in the winter.
9 And Yahweh will be king over all the earth; on that day Yahweh will be one and his name one.
10 All the land will be transformed into a desert plateau from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But it will rise up high and it will stay in its place from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of [the] former gate, up to the Corner Gate and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
11 And they will dwell in it, and {there will be no more ban imposed}, and Jerusalem will dwell in security.
12 And this will be the plague [with] which Yahweh will strike all the peoples that fight against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they [are] standing on their feet; their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
13 {And then} on that day a great panic from Yahweh will fall on them, and {they will seize one another's hand}, and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of {another}.
14 And Judah also will fight at Jerusalem. And the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected--gold and silver, and garments {in great abundance}.
15 {Like this plague} will be the plague on the horse, the mule, the camel, and the donkey, and every kind of animal in those camps.
16 {And then} every survivor from all those nations coming against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship [the] king, Yahweh of hosts, and celebrate the Feast of Booths.
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Zechariah 14:6-16 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

Footnotes 28

  • [a]. Literally "And it will happen"
  • [b]. Some suggest reading "flame" (= "heat") here
  • [c]. Or "the noble ones will congeal"; the Hebrew is difficult here
  • [d]. Literally "And it will happen"
  • [e]. That is, the Dead Sea
  • [f]. That is, the Mediterranean Sea
  • [g]. Or "will be changed like the Arabah"
  • [h]. That is, Jerusalem
  • [i]. Or "remain"
  • [j]. That is, the people
  • [k]. Literally "and there will not be a thing devoted to destruction" (that is, put under the ban of utter destruction)
  • [l]. Hebrew "his"
  • [m]. Hebrew "he"
  • [n]. Hebrew "his"
  • [o]. Hebrew "his"
  • [p]. Hebrew "his"
  • [q]. Hebrew "tongue"
  • [r]. Hebrew "mouth"
  • [s]. Literally "And it will happen"
  • [t]. Hebrew "will be"
  • [u]. Literally "and a man will seize the hand of his neighbor"
  • [v]. Literally "his neighbor"
  • [w]. Or "against" (so NAB, CEV)
  • [x]. Literally "as far as the very multitude"
  • [y]. Literally "And so"
  • [z]. Literally "And it will happen"
  • [aa]. Or "from year to year"; or "yearly"
  • [ab]. That is, Succoth (or Tabernacles)
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