Zechariah 14:20-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:20-21

§ 10. Then everything alike shall be holy, and the ungodly shall be altogether excluded from the house of the Lord. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:20-21

The bright future of the world-the reign of holiness. "In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses," etc. Looking at the passage as a portraiture of the future of the world, we are reminded that holiness will be its grand characteristic. There may be, and no doubt there will be, other things—great material and mental prosperity—but holiness will be its salient feature. The holiness will be universal. I. IT WILL EMBRACE THE AFFAIRS OF COMMON LIFE . "In that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:21

The last announcement is amplified. Every pot. All the vessels of the country shall be consecrated and used in Divine service. The Levitical distinction shall be abolished, and the Lord's service shall be perfect freedom. Every member of the Church, however humble his station or mean his acquirements, shall be a saint and fit for the Lord's use. The Canaanite; mercator (Vulgate). The word is used in the sense of "trafficker," or "merchant," in Job 40:1-24 :30 ( Job 41:6 , Authorized... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 14:20

In that day there shall be upon the bells of the horses, Holiness unto the Lord - He does not say only, that they should be consecrated to God, as Isaiah says of Tyre, “Her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord” Isaiah 23:18; he says that, “the bells of the horses,” things simply secular, should bear the same inscription as the plate on the high priest’s forehead. Perhaps the comparison was suggested by the bells on the high priest’s dress ; not the lamina only on his forehead,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 14:21

And every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness to the Lord - Everything is to be advanced in holiness. All the common utensils everywhere in the people of God shall not only be holy, but “holiness,” and capable of the same use as the vessels of the temple.And there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts - The actual Canaanite had long since ceased to be; the Gibeonites, the last remnant of them, had been absorbed among the people of God. But “all Israel”... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 14:20-21

Zechariah 14:20-21. In that day When the nations are converted to God, as is foretold Zechariah 14:16; shall there be upon the bells of the horses Written, as it were, on every common thing; HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD This was the inscription on the mitre of the Jewish high-priest, denoting the great holiness of his office, and how he ought to conduct himself in a holy manner in all things, especially in those relating to divine worship. Now in these days of the gospel, when the Jews shall be... read more

Donald C. Fleming

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 14:20

be upon = he [inscribed] upon. HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 28:36 ; Exodus 39:30 ). App-92 . For the large type see App-48 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 14:21

seethe = boil. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 6:28 ). App-92 . Compare 1 Samuel 2:13 . 2 Chronicles 35:13 .Ezekiel 46:20 , Ezekiel 46:24 . the = a. Canaanite . This is the word which, divided into two in Zechariah 11:7 , Zechariah 11:11 , is rendered "the poor of the flock". As one word it means merchant, or trafficker; but it is also used as typical of what is unclean. Compare Zephaniah 1:11 .Matthew 21:12 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 14:20

"In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLY UNTO JEHOVAH; and the pots in Jehovah's house shall be like the bowls before the altar."One of the truly marvelous revelations of Hebrew prophecy is this: THERE IS A NEW MEANING OF WHAT IS SACRED in the religion of Christ. The words here listed as being "upon the bells of the horses" was exactly the inscription engraved upon a plate of pure gold on the turban of Aaron the High Priest (Exodus 28:36-38)."Holy unto Jehovah" was thus in... read more

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