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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:20

Verse 20 Zechariah teaches us in this verse, that God would become the king of the world, so that all things would be applied to his service, and that nothing would be so profane as not to change its nature, so as to be sanctified for the service of God. This is the import of the whole. There is some obscurity in the words; but interpreters for the most part have been led astray, because they have not sufficiently attended to the design of the Prophet; and thus they have wrested the words to... read more

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

Verse 21 The Prophet explains here more clearly what we have already considered — that such would be the reverence for God, and the fear of him through the whole world, that whatever men undertook would be a sacrifice to him: he therefore says, that all the kettles, or pots, or vessels, would be sacred to God. And this is fulfilled when men regard this end — to glorify God through their whole life, as Paul exhorts us to do. (1 Corinthians 10:31.) Our provisions and our beds, and all other... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:12

This shall be the plague. These are the instruments which the Lord uses when he fights against the nations (not the people , as in the Authorized Version), Zechariah 14:3 . The plague, or smiting ( maggephah ), is some contagions affliction sent by God, as in Exodus 9:14 ; Numbers 14:37 ; 1 Samuel 6:4 . Their . It is, in the Hebrew, "his flesh, his feet," etc; to show that the general plague extends to every individual. In the last clause the plural is used, "their mouth."... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:12-15

§ 8. Having noted the blessings on the true Israelites, the prophet gives further details concerning the destruction of the enemies: they shall perish by plague, by mutual slaughter, by the sword of Judah. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:12-15

The elements by which the Divine government punishes sin. "And this shall be the plague," etc. In the third verse of this chapter we are told that "the Lord shall go forth and fight against those nations," that is, against those nations comprehended in the armies which destroyed Jerusalem; and we have elsewhere endeavoured to illustrate how God punishes bad men by bad men. This passage is a further illustration of the idea. There are three elements of punishment which Jehovah is... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:12-21

A regenerate world. "And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem," etc. A regenerate man is not a man without disposition to sin, but a man in whose case that disposition is habitually overcome. In that regenerate world partially described in the previous verses, something very similar is to hold good. All the elements of evil are not then altogether to cease; but there shall be in operation then a new principle of action,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:13

A great tumult from the Lord ( Zechariah 12:4 ). A general panic or confusion sent by the Lord, such as befell the Midianites ( 7:22 ) and the Philistines (l Samuel Zechariah 14:20 ), which ends in mutual slaughter. They shall lay hold every one, etc. In this general panic each shall seize his neighbour's hand in fierce contention. The next clause gives the same meaning (comp. Zechariah 11:6 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:14

Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem. The adversus Jerusalem of the Vulgate and some Jewish interpreters is a mistake, and introduces a wholly irrelevant idea. The meaning is that the Judaeans outside of Jerusalem, the nation at large, rallying to the attack, shall fall on the enemy, now thinned by pestilence and internecine conflicts within the walls of the city, and prevail against them (comp. Zechariah 12:6 ). Septuagint, ἰούδας παρατάξεται ἐν ἱερουσαλήμ , " Judah shall... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:15

So shall be the plague of the horse, etc. As was the plague that came on men ( Zechariah 14:12 ), so shall be tide plague that falls on their beasts and cattle. The brute animals suffer for their owners' sin according to the ban under the old Law ( Deuteronomy 13:15 ; comp. Numbers 16:32 , Numbers 16:33 ; Joshua 7:24 , Joshua 7:25 ). Tents ; camps; Septuagint, παρεμβολαῖς . The verse illustrates the utter destruction which shall befall the enemies of God's Church. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:16

Every one that is left. All the heathen that attacked the holy city shall not be destroyed; the remnant saved small become subjects of the Divine kingdom. Shall go up. This is the usual phrase for going to Jerusalem for the purpose of worship (comp. Isaiah 2:2 , Isaiah 2:3 ; Micah 4:2 ; Luke 2:42 ; John 7:8 ). The prophet here and in the following clause speaks as a Jew to Jews, who knew and observed only the prescribed form of worship. It is evident that the announcement could... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:20

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:12-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:12-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:12-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:16

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