Zechariah 14:1
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. THE DAY OF THE LORD. See note on Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah 13:6. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. THY, (feminine). Referring to Jerusalem.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. THE DAY OF THE LORD. See note on Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah 13:6. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. THY, (feminine). Referring to Jerusalem.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL GATHER, &c. Referring to the yet future and final siege of Jerusalem. See App-53. BATTLE. war. Not the same word as in Zechariah 14:3,... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. just as, FOUGHT. Compare Joshua 10:14. BATTLE. close conflict. Not the same word as in Zechariah 14:2. Hebrew. _kerab._ First occurance. 2 Samuel 17:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
UPON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. This precludes the possibility of any reference to what is past. No amount of "poetical imagery" can rob this plain statement of the yet future literal interpretation of this prophecy. VALLEY. Between the northern and southern half of Olivet. See App-88.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MOUNTAINS. My mountains. So called because of the physical change which HE will yet bring about, in the two new mounts formed out of one. AZAL.. new place, yet to have this name, at one extremity of the valley. THE EARTHQUAKE. Referred to in Amos 1. SAINTS. holy ones: i.e. angels; as in Job 5... [ Continue Reading ]
CLEAR. light. DARK. dense.... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE DAY. one [continuous] day, or one day by itself, unique. Compare Psalms 118:21, KNOWN TO THE LORD. This forbids our assumptions, and should restrain our curiosity. NOT DAY, NOR NIGHT. Answering to "not bright, nor dense" in Zechariah 14:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIVING WATERS. fresh, running, or perennial waters. These are the waters of Ezekiel 47. FORMER. eastern: i.e. the Dead Sea. HINDER. western: i.e. Mediterranean Sea. SUMMER. Not dried up by heat. WINTER. Not congealed by frost.... [ Continue Reading ]
KING OVER ALL THE EARTH. Compare Zechariah 4:14; Zechariah 6:5.Revelation 11:15. ONE. Hebrew. _'ehad_. See note on Deuteronomy 6:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
A. the. GEBE. _Now Jeb'a,_ six miles north of Jerusalem. RIMMON. Now _Khan Umm er Rumamin_ (Nehemiah 11:29). INHABITED. be inhabited. BENJAMIN'S GATE. See Jeremiah 20:2; Jeremiah 1:37. Is; Zec 38:6. CORNER GATE. Compare 2 Chronicles 26:9. TOWER. Jeremiah 31:38. See App-59.... [ Continue Reading ]
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; Ezekiel 28:26; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 34:28, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THIS SHALL BE, &c. The subject now returns to the smiting of the nations. See the Structure, C, p. 1294 PEOPLE. peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
TUMULT. panic, EVERY ONE. Heb _. 'ish,_ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEATHEN. nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
TENTS. camps. AS. like. Some codices read "with".... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING. As in Zechariah 14:2. Jehovah will then be the universal Sovereign. THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Zechariah 1:3. THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 23:34; Leviticus 23:43.Deuteronomy 16:16; Deuteronomy 16:16), App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
RAIN. the [periodic] rain.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT HAVE NO RAIN. This react with Zechariah 14:17 makes no sense. Modern critics (with Revised Version margin) at once say "the text is probably corrupt". The _Ellipsis_ must be supplied by repeating the words from the end of Zechariah 14:17 thus "if... come not, [not upon them shall be no rain, bu... [ Continue Reading ]
PUNISHMENT. Hebrew sin _(chata,_ App-44.) Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the punishment brought down by it.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE UPON. he [inscribed] upon. HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 28:36; Exodus 39:30). App-92. For the large type see App-48.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEETHE. boil. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 6:28). App-92. Compare 1 Samuel 2:13; 2 Chronicles 35:13.Ezekiel 46:20; Ezekiel 46:24. THE. a. CANAANITE. This is the word which, divided into two in Zechariah 11:7; Zechariah 11:11, is rendered "the poor of the flock". As one word it means merchant,... [ Continue Reading ]