Zechariah 14:1

Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. BEHOLD, THE DAY OF THE LORD COMETH - in which He shall vindicate His justice, by punishing the wicked, and then BEHOLD, THE DAY OF THE LORD COMETH - in which He shall vindicate His justice, by punishing the wicked, and then saving His elect people (; ; ; ). AND THY SPOIL SHALL BE DIVIDED IN THE MIDST OF THEE - by the foe; secure of victory, they shall not divide the spoil taken from thee in their camp outside, but "in the midst" of the city itself....

Zechariah pursues the same subject as in the preceding chapter: for having promised a joyful and happy state to the faithful, who despising their indulgences in Chaldea had returned to their own country, he now reminds them that their peaceful condition in Judea would not be without many trials and troubles; and therefore he exhorts them to patience, lest they should faint in their adversities, and repent of their return. Some apply this chapter to the time of Antichrist, some refer it to the last day, others explain it of the destruction of the city which happened in the reign of Vespasian; but I doubt not but that the Prophet meant here to include the calamities which were near at hand, for the city had not yet been built, (178) the Jews having been much harassed by their neighbors; and we also know how atrocious was the tyranny which Antiochus exercised: in short, there was a continue...

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 this figuratively; but many consider it as a notice of events yet unfulfilled, and that it relates to troubles of which we cannot now form a full idea. Every believer, being related to God as his God, may triumph in the expectation of Christ's coming in power, and speak of it with pleasure. During a long season, the state of the church would be deformed by sin; there would be a mixture of truth and error, of happiness and misery. Such is the experience of God's people, a mingled state of grace and corruption. But, when the season is at the worst, and most unpromising, the Lord will turn darkness into light; deliverance comes when God's people have done looking for it....

CHAPTER XIV _The commencement of this chapter relates to the destruction of_ _Jerusalem by the Romans, and to the calamities consequent on_ _that event. From this great Jewish tragedy the prophet_ _immediately passes to the utter extermination of the enemies of_ _Christianity in the latter days._ _God will display his power in behalf of his people in a manner_ _so astonishing and miraculous, that even they themselves, and_ _much more their enemies, shall be struck with terror_, 4, 5. _The national prosperity of the Jews shall then be permanent and_...

BEHOLD THE DAY OF THE LORD COMETH - Literally, “a day cometh, the Lord’s,” in which He Himself shall be Judge, and no longer leave man to fulfill his own will, and despise God’s; in which His glory and holiness and the righteousness of all His ways shall be revealed. AND THY SPOIL SHALL BE IN THE MIDST OF THEE - Jerome: “How great will the strait be, that the spoils should be divided in the midst of her. It often happens that what, by a sudden assault, is plundered in the city, is divided in the field or in solitude, lest the enemy should come upon them. But now there will be such a heavy weight of ills, such will be the security of conquest, that the spoils shall be divided in the midst of the city.”...

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._ ZECHARIAH 14:1 THE DAY OF THE LORD; _a day of _(or, _to_) _Jehovah cometh. _The Greek and Latin Versions have the plural, "days of the Lord come." It is a time when he will specially manifest his glory and power, and be recognized as allowing the trial of his people for wise purposes. It is impossible to fix on any historical fulfilment of this prophecy. The details suit neither Maccabean no

BEHOLD, THE DAY OF THE LORD COMETH,.... Or the day when the Lord will come, both in his spiritual and personal reign; for this is not to be understood of his first coming in the flesh, at which time none of the things after mentioned happened; nor of his coming to take vengeance on the Jews; but rather of his coming to convert them: AND THY SPOIL SHALL BE DIVIDED IN THE MIDST OF THEE; not the substance of the nations, divided by the Israelites in the midst of Jerusalem, as the Targum and Jarchi interpret it; but the spoil of Jerusalem, when taken by the enemy, as is after said, which should be divided by them with great joy and triumph, in the midst of it: this refers not to the spoil of Jerusalem by Antiochus or the Romans, but to the slaying of the witnesses, and the triumph of their enemies over them, Revelation 11:7 or else to the spoil and prey the Turks will co

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) 4. The conversion of the world (Zechariah 14:16) 5. The holiness of Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:20) Zechariah 14:1. Post-millennialism has tried to find some explanation of this chapter, but has failed. Th

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 the Lord. Zechariah 14:1 f. describes the affliction of Jerusalem up to the time of the Maccabæ an successes which are referred to in Zechariah 14:3. The sense of what follows is hopelessly obscure in MT and EV owing to the mispronunciation of the Heb. consonants in Zechariah 14:5. The thought of flight is here altogether out of place. Following the pro nunciation adopted in LXX, we may render Zechariah 14:5 as follows: And the vall

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....