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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Zechariah 14:6

In that day; whilst God is fighting with the enemies of his church, the nations that fought against Jerusalem. The light; good estate, peace, and welfare. Shall not be clear; unmixed good, all light, it will not be so well with the church. Nor dark; not so sad as all darkness, there shall be a temper of both, some peace with some trouble; some prosperity with some adversity; some mercy in midst of judgment to allay the bitterness of judgment, and some judgment with our mercies to allay their sweetness.

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See also Zechariah 14:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zechariah 14:6. _THE LIGHT SHALL NOT BE CLEAR_, NOR _DARK_] Metaphorically, there will be a _mixture_ of _justice_ and _mercy_ in all this; or a _bright light and darkness_. _Mercy_ shall triump...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE LIGHT SHALL NOT BE CLEAR NOR DARK - Or, more probably, according to the original reading , “In that day there will be no light; the bright ones will contract themselves,” as it is said, “The stars...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 14 _ 1. The last conflict and the manifestation of the Lord (Zechariah 14:1) _ 2. The complete salvation (Zechariah 14:6) 3. The punishment of the enemies (Zechariah 14:12)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ZECHARIAH 14. THE TRIBULATION OF THE STRUGGLE AGAINST HEATHENISM AND THE GLORIOUS FUTURE WHICH MAY BE ANTICIPATED. It is noteworthy that the writer considers the plundering of Jerusalem as a day of th...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    CLEAR. light. DARK. dense....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Zechariah 14:1-7. The final Conflict and Deliverance All nations shall come against Jerusalem. The city shall be taken, with the attendant horrors of barbarous warfare, and half its population enslav...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _The Second Section_. Zechariah 13:7 to Zechariah 14:21 The purification and final glory of Israel This Second Section of the Second Burden and conclusion of the whole Book describes the purifying c...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the light shall not be clear, nor dark_ Rather, THERE SHALL NOT BE LIGHT, THE BRIGHT ONES SHALL BE CONTRACTED; as in R. V. margin, i.e. the heavenly bodies shall be darkened. It shall be a day of dee...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, &C.— How this will be fulfilled we cannot know till the time of its completion shall arrive; for a fact certainly, not a simile, is here again delivered. We know that in the...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    IN THAT DAY (11). Zechariah 14:6-7 RV. And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall not be light; the bright ones shall withdraw themselves: but it shall be one day which is known unto Jeh...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY, THAT THE LIGHT SHALL NOT BE CLEAR NOR DARK. Jerome, Vulgate ('frigus et ge...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    14:6 shining (b-17) Or 'the shining ones' (luminaries). obscured. (c-20) Or 'the light shall not be brightness and gloom.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LIGHT SHALL NOT BE CLEAR, _NOR_ DARK] i.e. a murky day. Cp. the effect of modern volcanic eruptions. Others render, 'in that day there shall be neither heat nor cold nor frost.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 14 V1 Look! A day will come for the *LORD! Then (the nations) will gather in the middle of (Jerusalem) to share the city’s wealth....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THAT THE LIGHT SHALL NOT BE CLEAR, NOR DARK. — Better, _there shall not be light; the glorious ones_ (_i.e.,_ the heavenly bodies) _shall fail_ (literally, _become coagulated_)_. _...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיָ֖ה בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֑וּא...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “AT EVENING TIME IT SHALL BE LIGHT” Zechariah 14:1 We can hardly doubt that in Zechariah 14:1, Zechariah is anticipating the same events as Ezekiel describes in Ezekiel 38:1;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The prophet finally described the ultimate victories of the King, commencing with a description of the smiting of the Shepherd and the scattering of the sheep. Of this scattering a remnant would be lo...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _No light; viz., in that dismal time of the persecution of Antiochus, when it was neither day nor night, (ver. 7.) because they neither had the comfortable light of the day, nor the repose of the nigh...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear nor dark: 7 But it shall be one day, which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at e...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The Prophet confirms what we have already observed that the Church would be subject to many troubles and commotions, so that the faithful should not enjoy the common light, but be more miserable than...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 14 announces the final events that shall bring in this result, as chapter 13 had especially detailed that which regarded Christ. The two subjects of chapter 12 are thus resumed in detail. We m...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY,.... Which shall precede the coming of Christ, both his spiritual and personal reign; for what follows will not agree with either state: [THAT] THE LIGHT SHALL N...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the light shall not be clear, [nor] dark: Ver. 6. _And it shall come to pass in that day_] That is, saith Diodati, after the destruction of antichrist, s...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Zec. 14:6, 7. "And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear _nor _ dark. But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day nor night; but it shall come to p...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And it shall come to pass in that day_ Namely, when the Lord shall come forth to fight against the enemies of his church, the nations that fought against Jerusalem, as foretold Zechariah 14:3; or, in...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And it shall come to pass in that day that the light shall not be clear, that is, there would not be full daylight, NOR DARK, literally, "the glorious things will withdraw themselves," evidently said...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE JUDGMENT AND THE REDEMPTION...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    NATIONS PUNISHED, THEN RESTORED (vv. 1-15) This chapter goes back to consider the The Great Tribulation from another viewpoint. "Behold, the day of the Lord is coming (v.1). The day of the Lord stan...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    CLEAR: _ Heb._ precious DARK: _ Heb._ thickness...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-7 The Lord Jesus often stood upon the Mount of Olives when on earth. He ascended from thence to heaven, and then desolations and distresses came upon the Jewish nation. Such is the view taken of th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zechariah 14:6 day H3117 light H216 H3368 diminish H7087 (H8675) H7087 (H8799) not -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH WILL COME WITH HIS HOLY ONES AND BECOME KING OVER ALL THE EARTH (ZECHARIAH 14:5). The progress of God's purposes is now described. God will bring about a new work on behalf of His people, and wil...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TRIUMPH OF YHWH (ZECHARIAH 14:1). In this final chapter Zechariah visualises the final triumph of YHWH. The whole world will be subject to Him, and will worship Him (Zechariah 14:16). He will be K...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The return of Christ. Armageddon. The changes in Palestine. The kingdom established on earth. CHARACTERS: God, Zechariah, Christ. CONCLUSION: In the last days, Christ shall return in glory...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Zechariah 14:1. _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _It shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear nor dark _ THE DAY OF THE LORD This phrase denotes not one time, but many. Any signal manifestation of the Divine government of...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 14:1 Terrible times are yet in store for the people of Jerusalem, but God will visit them and make Jerusalem secure and prominent. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 14:6 ON THAT DAY. It is difficult to determine what period of time is indicated by this chapter’s remarkable prophecies (see 1 Peter 1:10).

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] DAY] specially appointed to inflict judgments and manifest his glory. SPOIL] accumulated by inhabitants of Jerusalem and fit for the enemy. ZECHARIAH 14:2. NATIONS] to take and plunde...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 14:1, ZECHARIAH 14:2 § 5. The afflictions of the people and their results are set forth in figure and symbol. _Jerusalem is represented as taken and plundered._...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Behold, the day of the LORD comes, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, a...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Peter 1:19; Colossians 1:12; Ephesians 5:8; Hosea 6:3; Isaiah 50:10

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    In that day — While God is fighting with the enemies of his church, the nations that fought against Jerusalem. Nor dark — There shall be some mercy to allay the bitterness of judgment, and some judgme...

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