Zechariah 14:8-10

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 14:8-15

Here are, I. Blessings promised to Jerusalem, the gospel-Jerusalem, in the day of the Messiah, and to all the earth, by virtue of the blessings poured out on Jerusalem, especially to the land of Israel. 1. Jerusalem shall be a spring of living waters to the world; it was made so when there the Spirit was poured out upon the apostles, and thence the word of the Lord diffused itself to the nations about (Zech. 14:8): Living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; for there they began, and thence... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 14:8

And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem ,.... When it shall be light; and this is one of the things which will make it so; for by "living waters" are meant the Gospel, and the doctrines of it; compared to running "waters" for the sound of them, which will then go into all the earth; for the swiftness in which they shall proceed; for their rapidity and force in bearing all before them; for the great spread of them; and for their virtue and efficacy in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 14:9

And the Lord shall be King over all the earth ,.... This refers to the spiritual reign of Christ in the latter day; upon the success of the Gospel everywhere, there will be great conversions in all places; Gospel churches will be set up and ordinances administered everywhere; the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord; his kingdom will be from sea to sea, from the eastern to the western one, and his dominion will reach to the ends of the earth; Popish nations, Mahometan... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 14:10

All the land shall be turned as a plain ,.... That is, all the land of Israel round about Jerusalem, which was encompassed with mountains, Psalm 125:2 but now these mountains shall become a plain, that that may be seen; since it follows, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem ; Geba was a city in the tribe of Benjamin, on the northern border of the land, Joshua 21:17 and Rimmon was in the tribe of Judah, given to Simeon on the southern part, Joshua 15:32 so that from Geba to Rimmon... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:8

Living waters shall go out - There shall be a wide diffusion of Divine knowledge, and of the plan of human salvation, which shall go out by apostles and preachers, first from Jerusalem, then to Syria, Asia Minor, Greece, Italy, the isles of the sea, Britain, etc. The former sea, and - the hinder sea - The Dead Sea and the Mediterranean; see on Joel 2:20 ; (note). These are metaphors. In summer - In time of drought; or in the countries where there was no knowledge of God, there... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:9

And the Lord shall be King - When this universal diffusion of Divine knowledge shall take place. Wherever it goes, the laws of God shall be acknowledged; and, consequently, he shall be King over the whole earth. One Lord, and his name one - There shall be in those blessed days, only one religion, and one form of religion. There shall not be gods many, and lords many. All mankind shall be of one religion, the essence of which is, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:10

All the land shall be turned as a plain - Or rather, "He shall encompass the whole land as a plain." He shall cast his defence all around it; from Geba, in Benjamin, north of Jerusalem, ( Joshua 21:17 ;), to Rimmon in Judah, to the south of Jerusalem, Joshua 15:32 . It shall be lifted up - The city shall be exalted. And inhabited in her place - Jerusalem, shall be rebuilt In the very place in which it originally stood. From Benjamin's gate, which was probably on the north side of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:8

Verse 8 Here is subjoined a more cheering prophecy, — that the grace of God would yet prevail. Whatever evils, and troubles, and dangers, and fears, and diseases awaited the faithful, he yet says that in such miseries they would still be made happy. And this ought to be carefully observed, for nothing can be more suitably found to alleviate our sorrows than to put in the balance God’s benefits on one side, and on the other the punishments and chastisements which he brings on us; for as God’s... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:9

Verse 9 Here the prophet shows more clearly, and without using a figurative language, what might otherwise be more obscure: he says, that Jehovah would be king. Here Zechariah compares the kingdom of Christ with those periods of misery and calamities which had preceded, and which had continued till the coming of Christ. We indeed know that there had been the most dreadful scattering through the whole land, since the time the ten tribes separated from the family of David; for since the body of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:10

Verse 10 The Prophet in this verse promises two things, — that the city would be in a very prominent place, so as to be seen at a distance, and also, that it would be a secure and peaceable habitation. With regard to the former part he says, Turned shall be the whole land into a plain (189) We indeed know that Jerusalem was situated with mountains around it, its foundations, as it is said in Psalms 87:1, were on the holy mountains. As then the country was uneven on account of its many hills,... read more

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