Zechariah 14:19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 14:16-21

Three things are here foretold:? I. That a gospel-way of worship being set up in the church there shall be a great resort to it and a general attendance upon it. Those that were left of the enemies of religion shall be so sensible of the mercy of God to them in their narrow escape that they shall apply themselves to the worship of the God of Israel, and pay their homage to him, Zech. 14:16. Those that were not consumed shall be converted, and this makes their deliverance a mercy indeed, a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 14:19

This shall be the punishment of Egypt ,.... Or "sin" F4 חטאת "peccatum", V. L. , as in the original text: rightly is the word rendered "punishment", as it is by the Targum: and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles ; which will be one and the same; they shall have no rain, or what answers to it; they shall all have a famine; or it will be different, Egypt shall be punished with a consumption of their flesh, and the other nations with want... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:19

This shall be the punishment - of all nations that come not up - God will have his public worship established everywhere, and those who do not worship him shall lie under his curse. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 14:19

Verse 19 He repeats the same thing, and almost in the same words; but yet it is not done without reason: for we ought to consider how difficult it was to believe what is said, as the Jews who had returned to their country were few in number, and unwarlike, and on every side opposed by their enemies. Since then the Church was almost every moment in danger, it was no wonder that the faithful had need of being strengthened under their trials, which often disturbed and harassed their minds. This... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:16-19

§ 9. Warned by these manifestations of God's power, the residue of the heathen shall be converted, and shall join with the Hebrews in the regular worship of Jehovah. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:16-19

The public worship of Jehovah. "And it shall come to pass," etc. Two remarks are suggested here concerning the public worship of Jehovah. I. IT IS A DUTY BINDING ON ALL PEOPLE . "And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of. all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles." "Keil thinks the Feast of Tabernacles is mentioned because it was a feast of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:16-21

The great harvest home. The Feast of Tabernacles had a threefold reference. It was a memorial of the past, it was a service of thanksgiving, and it was also foreshadowing of the better things to come. Well, therefore, may the prophet make it a symbol of the glory of the latter days, when under Messiah's reign the fulness of the Gentiles should be brought in, and all Israel should be saved. The glowing and beautiful picture may represent the great harvest home of the world. I. UNITY ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 14:19

The punishment; literally, sin; ἁμαρτία : peccatum; here obviously the punishment of sin—sin with all its fatal consequences (comp. Numbers 18:22 ; Lamentations 3:39 ; Lamentations 4:6 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 14:19

This shall be the sin of Egypt and the sin of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles - For before the coming of the Saviour, good perhaps had been in part the excuse of the pagan, that they had been called by none. For no one had preached unto them. Wherefore the Saviour also, pointing out this in the Gospel parables, said, ‘the laborers’ Matthew 20:7, called ‘at the eleventh hour, said, No man hath hired us.’ But when Christ cast His light upon us, ‘bound the strong man’... read more

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