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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

Thomas Coke

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

Zechariah 14:14. And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem— And Judah also shall fight for Jerusalem. Not only, the Lord shall fight, (see Zechariah 14:3.) but also Judah. 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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

14. Judah . . . fight at Jerusalem—namely, against the foe: not against Jerusalem, as MAURER translates in variance with the context. As to the spoil gained from the foe, compare Ezekiel 39:10; Ezekiel 39:17. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 14:15

15. The plague shall affect the very beasts belonging to the foe. A typical foretaste of all this befell Antiochus Epiphanes and his host at Jerusalem (1 Maccabees 13:49; 2 Maccabees 9:5). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 14:16

16. every one . . . left— (Isaiah 66:19; Isaiah 66:23). God will conquer all the foes of the Church. Some He will destroy; others He will bring into willing subjection. from year to year—literally, "from the sufficiency of a year in a year." feast of tabernacles—The other two great yearly feasts, passover and pentecost, are not specified, because, their antitypes having come, the types are done away with. But the feast of tabernacles will be commemorative of the Jews' sojourn, not merely forty... 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

Thomas Constable

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

The Israelites would also fight their enemies there and would gather much spoil from the people they would defeat. Thus there are three instruments God would use to defeat Israel’s enemies: plague (Zechariah 14:12), themselves (Zechariah 14:13), and the Israelites (Zechariah 14:14). read more

Thomas Constable

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

The plague that the Lord would send on Israel’s enemies (Zechariah 14:12) would also afflict their animals, precluding their escape (cf. Joshua 7:24-25). read more

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