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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 14:20

In that day ,.... After the destruction of antichrist and all the antichristian party, and a new state of things will take place, either the spiritual or personal reign of Christ: shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS TO THE LORD ; as was upon the mitre of the high priest, Exodus 28:36 to which there seems to be an allusion here: or, "upon the trappings of the horses" F5 על מצלות "in phaleris", Tigurine version. , as the Targum renders it; and this intends... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 14:21

Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts ,.... Such will be the number of sacrifices and sacrificers, that the pots in the Lord's house will not be sufficient; wherefore every pot, in city or country, shall be sanctified and devoted to holy uses: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein ; this denotes, as before, the general holiness of the professors of religion in those times; and that there will be no... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:12

And this shall be the plague - All her enemies shall be destroyed. Their flesh shall consume away - These are the effects of famine which are described in this verse. 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:17

Upon them shall be no rain - Those who do not worship God shall not have his blessing; and those who do not attend Divine ordinances cannot have the graces and blessings which God usually dispenses by them. On such slothful, idle Christians, there shall be no rain! read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:18

If the family of Egypt - This may allude to those Jews who, flying from the persecution of Antiochus Epiphanes, settled in Egypt, and built a temple at Heliopolis, under the direction of Onias, son of the high priest. Josephus Antiq. lib. xiii., c. 6, and War, lib. vii., c. 36. If these do not rejoin their brethren, they shall have no rain, no interest in the favor of God. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:19

This shall be the punishment - of all nations that come not up - God will have his public worship established everywhere, and those who do not worship him shall lie under his curse. read more

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