Zechariah 14:13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 14:1-21

The Messiah’s kingdom (14:1-21)In the final section of his book, Zechariah outlines briefly the worldwide triumph of the Messiah. Since those for whom he writes are familiar only with the region around Palestine, he limits the geographical details to that area. Other pictures are likewise taken from the way of life familiar to the Jews.The scene opens with the enemies of God mistakenly thinking that at last they have conquered his people (Jerusalem). Confident that they have achieved victory,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 14:13

tumult = panic, every one . Heb . 'ish, App-14 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 14:13

"And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from Jehovah shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor."Both the previous verse and this one are descriptive of the ultimate and final apostasy of the whole human race which shall issue in the eternal judgment, being preceded by a time of anarchy, chaos, and universal destruction, in which the "cities of the nations" shall fall.... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 14:13

Zechariah 14:13. And his hand shall rise up, &c.— And the hand of one shall cleave to the hand of another. Houbigant. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 14:13

13. tumult—consternation (Zechariah 12:4; 1 Samuel 14:15; 1 Samuel 14:20). lay hold . . . on . . . hand of . . . neighbour—instinctively grasping it, as if thereby to be safer, but in vain [MENOCHIUS]. Rather, in order to assail "his neighbor" [CALVIN], (Ezekiel 38:21). Sin is the cause of all quarrels on earth. It will cause endless quarrels in hell (James 3:15; James 3:16). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 14:12-15

The destruction of Israel’s enemies 14:12-15Chronologically these verses describe what will follow Zechariah 14:3. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 14:13

Panic would seize them from the Lord in that day, and they would fight one another (cf. Judges 7:22; 1 Samuel 14:15-20; 2 Chronicles 20:23). This would happen near Jerusalem. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:1-21

The Judgment of the Heathen. Exaltation of JerusalemThis 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 of Enoch, and popular in the Jewish church about the beginning of the Christian era. The terrible punishment of the heathen (Zechariah 14:12), and the ceremonial purity of Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:20-21), are typical of the narrower phases of late Judaism.1, 2. Jerusalem again assaulted and taken.3-7.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 14:12-13

(12, 13) In the description of the plague, and confusion, and rout with which the hostile nations are to be smitten, the prophet had in mind several historical events: e.g., Exodus 9:14; Psalms 37:36; 1 Samuel 5:9; 1 Samuel 14:20; Isaiah 22:5. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Zechariah 14:1-21

Zechariah 14:7 The Prophet is speaking of the last times the period after 'that day' when the 'feet' of the Lord 'shall stand upon the Mount of Olives'. Whether 'that day' refers to the occasion when our Lord made His public entry into Jerusalem, and, pausing on Olivet, 'wept' over the doomed city, or whether it refers to His future Second Coming, when He shall 'reign in Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before His ancients gloriously,' one thing is certain, that after that day a period... read more

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