(KJV) Zechariah 141

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⥃The Destroyers of Jerusalem Destroyed

[1] Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.2 [2] For I will gather3 all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city4 shall be taken, and the houses5 rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue6 of the people shall not7 be cut off from the city. [3] Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as8 when he fought in the day of battle.9

[4] [¶]And his feet10 shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which [is] before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave11 in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, [and there shall be] a very12 great valley; and half of the13 mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. [5] And ye shall flee [to] the valley of the mountains14; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled15 from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord16 my God shall come, [and] all17 the saints with thee. [6] And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the18 light shall not19 be clear20, [nor] dark21: [7] But it shall be one day22 which23 shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, [that24] at evening time it shall be light. [8] And it shall be in that day, [that] living25 waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former26 sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer27 and in winter shall it be. [9] And the Lord28 shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord29, and30 his name one. [10] All the land31 shall be turned32 as a plain from Geba33 to Rimmon34 south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited35 in her place, from Benjamin’s36 gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and [from] the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses. [11] And [men] shall dwell in it, and there37 shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited38.

[12] [¶]And this shall be the plague wherewith39 the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh40 shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. [13] And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a great41 tumult from the Lord shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour. [14] And Judah also shall42 fight at43 Jerusalem; and the44 wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. [15] And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.45

⥃All Nations Will Worship the King [ Leviticus 23:33–44 † Nehemiah 8:13–18 ]

[16] And it shall come to pass, [that] every46 one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King47, the Lord of hosts, and to48 keep the feast of tabernacles. [17] And it shall be, [that49] whoso will not come up of [all50] the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even51 upon them shall be no rain. [18] And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that [have] no52 [rain]; there shall be the plague, wherewith the Lord will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. [19] This shall be the punishment53 of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

[20] [¶]In that day shall there54 be upon the bells55 of the horses, HOLINESS56 UNTO THE LORD; and the57 pots in the Lord’s house shall be like the bowls58 before the altar. [21] Yea, every59 pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more60 the Canaanite in the61 house of the Lord of hosts.

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  1. Zech 14:1, The destroyers of Jerusalem destroyed; Zech 14:3, The coming of Christ, and the graces of his kingdom; Zech 14:12, The plague of Jerusalem’s enemies; Zech 14:16, The remnant shall turn to the Lord; Zech 14:20, and their spoils shall be holy. ↩

  2. Isa 2:12, Isa 13:6, Isa 13:9; Joel 2:31, Joel 3:14; Mal 4:5; Acts 2:20; Rev 16:14 ↩

  3. Deut 28:9-14; Isa 5:26; Jer 34:1; Dan 2:40-43; Joel 3:2; Matt 22:7; Luke 2:1 ↩

  4. Matt 23:37-38, Matt 24:15-16; Mark 13:14, Mark 13:19; Luke 19:43-44, Luke 21:20-24 ↩

  5. Isa 13:16; Lam 1:10, Lam 5:11-12; Amos 7:17; Matt 24:19-21 ↩

  6. Luke 21:24 ↩

  7. Zech 13:8-9; Isa 65:6-9, Isa 65:18; Matt 24:22; Rom 9:27-29; Gal 4:26-27 ↩

  8. Exod 15:1-6; Josh 10:42; 2Chr 20:15 ↩

  9. Zech 2:8-9, Zech 10:4-5, Zech 12:2-6, Zech 12:9; Isa 63:1-6, Isa 66:15-16; Dan 2:34-35, Dan 2:44-45; Joel 3:2, Joel 3:9-17; Zeph 3:19; Hag 2:21-22; Rev 6:4-17, Rev 8:7-13 ↩

  10. Zech 14:7; Ezek 11:23, Ezek 43:2; Acts 1:11-12 ↩

  11. Zech 4:7; Isa 64:1-2; Mic 1:3-4; Nah 1:5-6; Hab 3:6; Mark 11:23 ↩

  12. Zech 14:10; Joel 3:12-14 ↩

  13. Ezek 47:1-12 ↩

  14. or, my mountains, for the, etc. or, when he shall touch the valley of the mountains to the place he separated. ye shall flee. Num 16:34; Rev 11:13, Rev 16:18-21 ↩

  15. Isa 29:6; Amos 1:1 ↩

  16. Ps 96:13, Ps 97:4-6, Ps 98:9; Isa 64:1-3, Isa 66:15-16; Dan 7:9-14, Dan 7:21-27; Matt 16:27, Matt 24:3, Matt 24:27-31, Matt 25:31; Mark 13:26-27; Luke 21:27; 2Thess 2:8; Jas 5:8; Jude 1:14-15; Rev 6:16-17, Rev 20:4, Rev 20:11 ↩

  17. Deut 33:2; Joel 3:11; 1Thess 3:13; 2Thess 1:7-10 ↩

  18. "That is, it shall not be clear in some places, and dark in other places of the world." ↩

  19. Ps 97:10-11, Ps 112:4; Prov 4:18-19; Isa 50:10, Isa 60:1-3; Hos 6:3; Luke 1:78-79; John 1:5, John 12:46; Eph 5:8-14; Col 1:12; 2Pet 1:19; Rev 11:3, Rev 11:15 ↩

  20. Heb. precious ↩

  21. Heb. thickness ↩

  22. or, the day shall be one, Rev 21:23, Rev 22:5 ↩

  23. Ps 37:18; Matt 24:36; Mark 13:32; Acts 1:7, Acts 15:18, Acts 17:26, Acts 17:31; 1Thess 5:2 ↩

  24. Isa 9:7, Isa 11:9, Isa 30:26, Isa 60:19-20; Dan 12:4; Hos 3:5; Rev 11:15, Rev 14:6; Rev 20:2-4, Rev 21:3 ↩

  25. Ezek 47:1-12; Joel 3:18; Luke 24:47; John 4:10, John 4:14, John 7:38; Rev 22:1-2, Rev 22:17 ↩

  26. or, eastern, Joel 2:20 ↩

  27. Isa 35:7, Isa 41:17-18, Isa 49:10, Isa 58:11; Rev 7:16-17 ↩

  28. Zech 8:20-23; Gen 49:10; 1Sam 2:10; Ps 2:6-8, Ps 22:27-31, Ps 47:2-9, Ps 67:4; Ps 72:8-11, Ps 72:17, Ps 86:9; Isa 2:2-4, Isa 45:22-25, Isa 49:6-7, Isa 54:5, Isa 60:12-14; Dan 2:44-45, Dan 7:27; Amos 9:12; Mic 4:1-3, Mic 5:4; Zeph 3:9; Rev 11:15 ↩

  29. Eph 4:5-6 ↩

  30. Jer 23:6; Matt 1:23, Matt 28:19; Eph 3:14-15 ↩

  31. Zech 4:6-7; Isa 40:3-4; Luke 3:4-6 ↩

  32. or, compassed ↩

  33. Josh 21:17; 1Kgs 15:22; Isa 10:29 ↩

  34. Josh 15:32; Judg 20:45, Judg 20:47, Judg 21:13; 1Chr 4:32, 1Chr 6:77 ↩

  35. or, shall abide, Zech 2:4, Zech 12:6; Jer 30:18 ↩

  36. 2Chr 25:23; Neh 3:1, Neh 12:39; Jer 31:38-40, Jer 37:13, Jer 38:7 ↩

  37. Num 21:3; Isa 60:18; Jer 31:40; Ezek 37:26; Joel 3:17, Joel 3:20; Amos 9:15; Rev 21:4, Rev 22:3 ↩

  38. or, shall abide, Zech 2:4, Zech 8:4, Zech 8:8; Isa 26:1, Isa 66:22; Jer 23:5-6, Jer 33:15-16; Ezek 34:22-29 ↩

  39. Zech 14:3, Zech 12:9; Ps 110:5-6; Isa 34:1-17, Isa 66:15-16; Ezek 38:18-22; Ezek 39:4-6, Ezek 39:17-20; Joel 3:1-2; Mic 4:11-13, Mic 5:8-9, Mic 7:16-17; Rev 16:1-21, Rev 19:17-21 ↩

  40. Lev 26:18, Lev 26:21, Lev 26:24, Lev 26:28; Deut 28:59; 2Chr 21:15, 2Chr 21:18-19; Ps 90:11; Acts 12:23; Rev 9:5-6, Rev 16:10-11, Rev 16:21, Rev 17:16, Rev 18:6-8 ↩

  41. Zech 12:4; Judg 7:22; 1Sam 14:15-23; 2Chr 20:22-24; Ezek 38:21; Rev 17:12-17 ↩

  42. or, thou also, O Judah, shalt, etc. Zech 10:4-5, Zech 12:5-7 ↩

  43. or, against ↩

  44. 2Kgs 7:6-18; 2Chr 14:13-15, 2Chr 20:25-27; Isa 23:18; Ezek 39:9-10, Ezek 39:17-20 ↩

  45. Zech 14:12 ↩

  46. Zech 8:20-23, Zech 9:7; Isa 60:6-9, Isa 66:18-21, Isa 66:23; Joel 2:32; Acts 15:17; Rom 9:23-24, Rom 11:5, Rom 11:16, Rom 11:26; Rev 11:13, Rev 11:15-17 ↩

  47. Zech 14:17; Ps 24:7-10; Isa 6:5; Jer 46:18, Jer 48:15, Jer 51:57; Mal 1:14; Luke 19:38; John 1:49; Phil 2:9-11; Rev 19:16 ↩

  48. Zech 14:18-19; Lev 23:33-36, Lev 23:43; Num 29:12-38; Deut 16:13-16, Deut 31:10-13; 2Chr 7:8-10, 2Chr 8:13; Ezra 3:4; Neh 8:14-18; Hos 12:9; John 7:2, John 7:37-39 ↩

  49. Ps 2:8-12, Ps 110:5-6; Isa 45:23, Isa 60:12; Jer 10:25; Rom 14:10-11 ↩

  50. Gen 10:32, Gen 12:3, Gen 28:14; Amos 3:2; Acts 17:26-27 ↩

  51. Deut 11:17, Deut 28:23-24; 1Kgs 8:35, 1Kgs 17:1; 2Chr 6:26, 2Chr 7:13; Isa 5:6; Jer 14:4, Jer 14:22; Amos 4:7-8; Jas 5:17; Rev 11:6 ↩

  52. Heb. upon whom there is not, Deut 11:10-11 ↩

  53. or, sin, John 3:19 ↩

  54. Prov 21:3-4; Isa 23:18; Obad 1:17; Zeph 2:11; Mal 1:11; Luke 11:41; Acts 10:15; Acts 10:28, Acts 11:9, Acts 15:9; Rom 14:17-18; Col 3:17, Col 3:22-24; Titus 1:15-16; 1Pet 4:11 ↩

  55. or, bridles, Exod 28:33-35 ↩

  56. Exod 28:36, Exod 39:30; Lev 8:9; Ps 110:3; 1Cor 3:16-17; 1Pet 2:5, 1Pet 2:9; Rev 1:6; Rev 5:10, Rev 20:6 ↩

  57. Lev 6:28; 1Sam 2:14; Ezek 46:20-24 ↩

  58. Zech 9:15; Exod 25:29, Exod 37:16; Num 4:7, Num 4:14, Num 7:13, Num 7:19, Num 7:84, Num 7:85; 2Chr 4:8 *marg. ↩

  59. Zech 7:6; Deut 12:7, Deut 12:12; Neh 8:10; Rom 14:6-7; 1Cor 10:31; 1Tim 4:3-5 ↩

  60. Isa 4:3, Isa 35:8; Ezek 44:9; Hos 12:7 *marg. Joel 3:17; Matt 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-17; John 2:15-16; 1Cor 6:9-11; Rev 18:11-15, Rev 21:27, Rev 22:15 ↩

  61. Eph 2:19-22; 1Tim 3:15; Heb 3:6; 1Pet 4:17; The predictions contained in this chapter seem to relate to events which gradually extend from the death of Christ to the glorious days of the millennium - the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, whose armies were composed of many nations, which was "the day of the Lord," in which he came "to destroy those who would not that he should reign over them," (Zech 14:1-2); the subversion of the Roman empire, after being the executioners of the Divine vengeance on the Jews, by God's stirring up the barbarous nations to invade them (Zech 14:3); the effusion of Divine knowledge from Jerusalem, by the promulgation of the Gospel (Zech 14:4-9); the rebuilding and replenishing of Jerusalem (Zech 14:10-11); the destruction of the nations who shall fight against her (Zech 14:12-15); the conversion of the remnant of those nations to the Lord (Zech 14:16-19); and the peace and purity of the universal church in the latter days (Zech 14:20-21). ↩