I will gather, &c. Referring to the yet future and final siege of Jerusalem. See App-53.
battle. war. Not the same word as in Zechariah 14:3,
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Zechariah 14:2
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.