Zechariah 14:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. ”

• Zechariah 14:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Behold the Day of the Lord cometh - Literally, “a day cometh, the Lord’s,” in which He Himself shall be Judge, and no longer leave man to fulfill his own will, and despise God’s; in which His glo...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be (a) divided in the midst of thee. (a) He arms the godly against the great temptations that would come, before they enjoyed this prosperous...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Zechariah 14. The Tribulation of the Struggle against Heathenism and the Glorious Future which may be Anticipated. It is noteworthy that the writer considers the plundering of Jerusalem as a day of...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. the day of the LORD. See note on Isaiah 2:11 ; Isaiah 2:12 ; Isaiah 13:6 . the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. thy, (feminine). Referring t...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Zechariah pursues the same subject as in the preceding chapter: for having promised a joyful and happy state to the faithful, who despising their indulgences in Chaldea had returned to their ow...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. Behold, the day of the Lord cometh - This appears to be a prediction of that war in which Jerusalem was finall...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. Behold, the day of the Lord cometh - in which He shall vindicate His justice, by punishing the wicked,...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Judgment of the Heathen. Exaltation of Jerusalem This chapter has the appearance of a late work. It has all the general characteristics of the style of literature known to students in the book...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The day of the Lord cometh. — Better. A day cometh for the Lord — viz., on which He will signally manifest His glory. (Comp. Psalms 2:12 , &c.) The second half of the verse gives with, as it...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  10. JUDGMENT OF THE HEATHEN ANDSANCTIFICATION OF JERUSALEM ( Zechariah 14:1-21 ) In another apocalyptic vision the prophet beholds Jerusalem again beset by the heathen. But Jehovah Himself interv...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  a Day of Testing Zechariah 13:1-9 ; Zechariah 14:1 This Fountain was opened, when the soldier pierced the Savior's side. But it is not enough for God to forgive; He must deal drastically with...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The prophet finally described the ultimate victories of the King, commencing with a description of the smiting of the Shepherd and the scattering of the sheep. Of this scattering a remnant would be l...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS In this Chapter the Prophet closeth his predictions; and a blessed close he makes of them. Great events are foretold in the Church of Jesus; in the coming of Christ, and the blessed effects...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Behold, the day of the Lord cometh ,.... Or the day when the Lord will come, both in his spiritual and personal reign; for this is not to be understood of his first coming in the flesh, at which tim...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. Ver. 1. Behold, the day of the Lord cometh ] Jerusalem had her day, and knew it not, Luke 19:42 (Jerusale...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Behold, the day of the Lord cometh A day of the Lord's great wrath and indignation will soon overtake you, O sinful, unthankful, bloody Jews! A day remarkable for the execution of divine vengeance...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Nations Punished, Then Restored (vv. 1-15) This chapter goes back to consider the The Great Tribulation from another viewpoint. "Behold, the day of the Lord is coming (v.1). The day of the Lord...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Persecution of the Church; Judgments and Mercies; Encouraging Prospects. B. C.  500.       1 Behold,...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  ZECHARIAH CHAPTER 14 The destruction of Jerusalem, Malachi 14:1,2 . The coming of Christ, the graces of his kingdom, and the restoration of Jerusalem, Malachi 14:3-11 . The plague of Jerusale...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Ravishing of Jerusalem ( Zechariah 14:1-2 ). We have already noted that Zechariah would see Jerusalem as symbolising the whole people of God. Indeed in Zechariah 2:7 he describes God's peopl...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.] Day ] specially appointed to inflict judgments and manifest his glory. Spoil ] accumulated by inhabitants of Jerusalem and fit for the enemy. Zechariah 14:2 . Nations ] to take...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Zechariah 14:1 . I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle. The tenth legion joined the Roman general; and though they could not take the city by storm, yet famine at last did what cou...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And thy spoil shall be divided A sketch on bad men Three facts concerning such. I. They are capable of perpetrating the greatest enormities on their fellow men. In the account given by Jose...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Zechariah 14:1 , Zechariah 14:2 § 5. The afflictions of the people and their results are set forth in figure and symbol. Jerusalem is represented as taken and plundered....

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• Zechariah 14:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, a great Day of Judgment, and thy spoil, that gained by the enemies in overcoming Jerusalem, shall be divided in the midst of thee, the enemies being at leisure...

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 2:20 ; Isaiah 13:6 ; Isaiah 13:9 ; Isaiah 2:12 ; Joel 2:31 ; Joel 3:14 ; Malachi 4:5 ; Revelation 16:14

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• Zechariah 14:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The day — Of vengeance, Joel 2:1-2 , cometh, or will soon overtake you, O sinful, unthankful! bloody! Jews. Thy spoil — All thou hast, O, Jerusalem, shall become a prey to thine enemy.

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