Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Zechariah 14:11
And men — Many for number, eminent for worth. Utter destruction — There may be afflictions but no utter wasting of Jerusalem; the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
And men — Many for number, eminent for worth. Utter destruction — There may be afflictions but no utter wasting of Jerusalem; the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Verse Zechariah 14:11. _THERE SHALL BE NO MORE UTTER DESTRUCTION_] After this final restoration of Jerusalem it shall never more be destroyed; but as this was the _first city_ of the living God upon e...
AND THEY SHALL DWELL IN IT - In peace, going forth from it, neither into “captivity,” nor in flight Zechariah 14:2, Zechariah 14:5; for God should exempt from curse the city which He had chosen, again...
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)...
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...
DESTRUCTION. Compare Malachi 4:6, i.e. Anathema. SHALL BE, &c.. shall abide in security. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:5.) App-92. Compare Jeremiah 23:6;...
_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...
The Prosperity of the Land Perennial streams flowing from Jerusalem both to the E. and to the W. shall irrigate and fertilise the land, Zechariah 14:8. One God shall be worshipped without a rival, Ze...
_utter destruction_ Lit. CURSE. ἀνάθεμα οὐκ ἔσται ἔτι. LXX. Comp. Revelation 22:3....
IN THAT DAY (12). Zechariah 14:8-12 RV. And _it_ shall come to pass in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the wester...
And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE UTTER DESTRUCTION - (Jeremiah 31:40). literally, no more...
14:11 destruction; (g-14) Or 'curse,' Malachi 4:6 ....
THE JUDGMENT OF THE HEATHEN. EXALTATION OF JERUSALEM This chapter has the appearance of a late work. It has all the general characteristics of the style of literature known to students in the book of...
UTTER DESTRUCTION] RV 'curse,' or 'ban.' Jerusalem had hitherto seemed under a curse. Now all this would pass away. 12. The ban in most awful form would turn rather upon the nations who assail Jerusa...
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....
UTTER DESTRUCTION. — Better, _ban._ (Comp. Malachi 4:6; Revelation 22:3.)...
וְ יָ֣שְׁבוּ בָ֔הּ וְ חֵ֖רֶם לֹ֣א יִֽהְיֶה
10. JUDGMENT OF THE HEATHEN ANDSANCTIFICATION OF JERUSALEM (Zechariah 14:1) In another apocalyptic vision the prophet beholds Jerusalem again beset by the heathen. But Jehovah Himself intervenes, app...
“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;...
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...
_Anathema. It shall not be sentenced to utter ruin. The Church may suffer losses, but cannot perish. (Calmet)_...
All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the...
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...
Zechariah concludes what he said in the last verse by saying, that Jerusalem when restored by God to its pristine state would be a populous city, for the indefinite verb here used means the same as th...
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...
AND [MEN] SHALL DWELL IN IT,.... In great numbers, in much peace and safety, and from generation to generation: Aben Ezra says, Messiah the son of David will now come: AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE UTTE...
And [men] shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. Ver. 11. _And men shall dwell in it_] Heb. They shall dwell in it, _sc._ Multitudes...
_All the land_ The whole land of Judea, a type of the whole earth, the seat of the universal church, filled with the knowledge of God, and abounding with multitudes of converts: _shall be turned as a...
And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction, such as came upon the Church through the wickedness of Antichrist; BUT JERUSALEM SHALL BE SAFELY INHABITED. The Church, as rene...
THE JUDGMENT AND THE REDEMPTION...
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...
SHALL BE SAFELY INHABITED: Or, shall abide...
8-15 Some consider that the progress of the gospel, beginning from Jerusalem, is referred to by the living waters flowing from that city. Neither shall the gospel and means of grace, nor the graces o...
MEN, i.e. many for number, or eminent for worth, SHALL DWELL IN IT: as it was type, this was verified, say some, when in league with Bacchides and succeeding kings. But in the antitype, to which Zecha...
Zechariah 14:11 dwell H3427 (H8804) destruction H2764 Jerusalem H3389 safely H983 inhabited H3427 (H8804) there -...
THE CONSEQUENCES OF YHWH'S REIGN (ZECHARIAH 14:10). In Zechariah's day when a king came to the throne he did not become king over a kingdom with neat boundaries and receive total control. Various riva...
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...
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...
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...
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. ⇐...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 14:11 JERUSALEM will be fully INHABITED and secure, without fear of a further DECREE OF UTTER DESTRUCTION from the Lord because of its sins....
CRITICAL NOTES. Zechariah 14:8. Living] i.e. running, perennial, refreshing; opposed to stagnant, noxious waters; an image of copious streams of gifts and grace from the Church, the source of all ble...
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._...
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...
Amos 9:15; Ezekiel 34:22; Ezekiel 37:26; Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 60:18;...