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Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 14:1-21

Zechariah 14:1-2 . I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle. The tenth legion joined the Roman general; and though they could not take the city by storm, yet famine at last did what could not be effected by the sword, nor by engines of war. But assuredly, the whole connection of this chapter looks farther than the revolt of the Jews against the Romans, and will receive a most signal accomplishment in the final destruction of the enemies of the church. Revelation 16:14-16.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 14:17

Zec 14:17 And it shall be, [that] whoso will not come up of [all] the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. Ver. 17. Even upon them shall be no rain ] i.e. Nullam misericordiam assequentur, saith Theodoret; They shall get no good at God’s hand. Judea was sumen totius orbis, bread basket of the whole world, as one saith, a very fat and fertile country; but yet so as that her fruitfulness depended much upon seasonable... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Zechariah 14:17

that: Psalms 2:8-2 Kings :, Psalms 110:5, Psalms 110:6, Isaiah 45:23, Isaiah 60:12, Jeremiah 10:25, Romans 14:10, Romans 14:11 all: Genesis 10:32, Genesis 12:3, Genesis 28:14, Amos 3:2, Acts 17:26, Acts 17:27 even: Deuteronomy 11:17, Deuteronomy 28:23, Deuteronomy 28:24, 1 Kings 8:35, 1 Kings 17:1, 2 Chronicles 6:26, 2 Chronicles 7:13, Isaiah 5:6, Jeremiah 14:4, Jeremiah 14:22, Amos 4:7, Amos 4:8, James 5:17, Revelation 11:6 Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 6:32 - if they come Psalms 149:7 - ... read more

Daniel Whedon

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

VARIOUS UTTERANCES CONCERNING THE FUTURE OF ISRAEL, Zechariah 12:1 to Zechariah 14:21. The heading (Zechariah 12:1) names the subject of these utterances, Israel, a term used here not in a national but in a religious sense of the people of Jehovah. The prophecies center around Jerusalem and Judah, the home of the postexilic Jewish community. The section falls naturally into two parts, Zechariah 12:1 to Zechariah 13:6, and Zechariah 14:1-21; Zechariah 13:7-9, has no close connection either with... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:17

17. Those who fail to take part in the harvest festival of thanksgiving will be punished by the withholding of rain during the following year, which will result in the failure of crops and in famine. The withholding of rain is mentioned to carry to completion the figure in Zechariah 14:16. As the celebration of the harvest festival symbolizes the conversion of the nations, so the withholding of the rain symbolizes the withdrawal of all God’s blessings. The text of Zechariah 14:18, as it... read more

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