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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 14:8-15

Here are, I. Blessings promised to Jerusalem, the gospel-Jerusalem, in the day of the Messiah, and to all the earth, by virtue of the blessings poured out on Jerusalem, especially to the land of Israel. 1. Jerusalem shall be a spring of living waters to the world; it was made so when there the Spirit was poured out upon the apostles, and thence the word of the Lord diffused itself to the nations about (Zech. 14:8): Living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; for there they began, and thence... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 14:16-21

Three things are here foretold:? I. That a gospel-way of worship being set up in the church there shall be a great resort to it and a general attendance upon it. Those that were left of the enemies of religion shall be so sensible of the mercy of God to them in their narrow escape that they shall apply themselves to the worship of the God of Israel, and pay their homage to him, Zech. 14:16. Those that were not consumed shall be converted, and this makes their deliverance a mercy indeed, a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 14:13

And it shall come to pass in that day ,.... When the vials are pouring out: that a great tumult from the Lord shall be among them ; the Targum renders it, a great tumult, or noise of killing; and the Septuagint, an ecstasy: it refers to the earthquake, and the slaughter of seven thousand men of name, and the fright upon that, Revelation 11:13 and they shall lay hold everyone on the hand of his neighbour, and shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour ; there will be a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 14:14

And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem ,.... These are the professing people of Christ, the armies in heaven, the chosen, called, and faithful, who will follow the Lamb, and attend him when he goes forth to make war with the antichristian princes, and shall overcome them, Revelation 17:14 , and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold and silver, and apparel, in great abundance ; by which are meant the riches of the Papists, called Gentiles or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 14:15

And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass ,.... The flesh of the horse is said to be eaten, Revelation 19:18 , and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague , their beasts shall perish in like manner as themselves. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 14:16

And it shall come to pass ,.... After the plague on man and beast is over: that everyone that is left of all the nations which come against Jerusalem ; these are the remnant, according to the election of grace, who will have been among the enemies of Christ and his people, but preserved when others will be destroyed; and they will not only be frightened at the general destruction, but will be truly converted, and give glory to the God of heaven, Revelation 11:13 , these shall even... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:13

A great tumult from the Lord - Among those enemies of his Church, who shall engage and destroy each other. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:14

And Judah also shall fight - They shall have little else to do than take the spoil, the wealth of all the heathen round about; gold, silver, and apparel. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:15

So shall be the plague of the horse, and the mule - There shall be plagues on the substance of the enemies of the Church, as there were on the cattle and goods of the Egyptians. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:16

Shall even go up from year to year - The Jews had three grand original festivals, which characterized different epochs in their history, viz.: - The feast of the passover, in commemoration of their departure from Egypt. The feast of pentecost, in commemoration of the giving of the law upon Mount Sinai. The feast of tabernacles, in commemoration of their wandering forty years in the wilderness. This last feast is very properly brought in here to point out the final restoration of the... read more

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