Zechariah 14:3-8

3 The LORD will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle.

4 On that day he will stand upon the Mount of Olives, to the east of Jerusalem. The Mount of Olives will be split in half by a very large valley running from east to west. Half of the mountain will move north, and the other half will move south.

5 You will flee through the valley of my mountain, because the valley of the mountains will reach to Azal. You will flee just as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Judah's King Uzziah. The LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.

6 On that day, there will be no light. Splendid things will disappear.

7 On one day known to the LORD, there will be neither day nor night, but at evening time there will be light.

8 On that day, running water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it to the Dead Sea and half of it to the Mediterranean; this will happen during the summer and the fall.

Zechariah 14:3-8 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or you
• [b]. Heb uncertain
• [c]. Or eastern sea
• [d]. Or western sea