Zechariah 14:10

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 corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses. ALL THE LAND SHALL BE TURNED AS A PLAIN - or 'changed round about' [ yicowb (H5437), from caabab (H5437)] - literally, to make a circuit. The whole hilly land round Jerusalem, which would prevent the free passage of the living waters, shall be changed, so as to be "as a (or the) plain" (Isaiah 40:4). FROM GEBA TO RIMMON - Geba ...

The Prophet in this verse promises two things, — that the city would be in a very prominent place, so as to be seen at a distance, and also, that it would be a secure and peaceable habitation. With regard to the former part he says, _Turned shall be the whole land into a plain _(189) We indeed know that Jerusalem was situated with mountains around it, its foundations, as it is said in Psalms 87:1, were on the holy mountains. As then the country was uneven on account of its many hills, the Prophet says, that it would become a wide plain, so that travelling would not be rough and difficult as before; and further, that Jerusalem would not be low in a deep place, but would be on a plain, which would not prevent it from being seen from whatever quarter the visitants might come. The whole land, he says, shall be a plain _from Geba to Rimmon_. As we do not fully know what sort of

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 of the Spirit wrought in the hearts of believers by those means, ever fail, by reason either of the heat of persecution, or storms of temptation, or the blasts of any other affliction. Tremendous judgments appear to be foretold, to be sent upon those who should oppose the settlement of the Jews in their own land. How far they are to be understood literally, events alone can determine. The furious rage and malice which stir up men against each other, are faint shadows of the enmity which reigns among those who have perished in their sins. Even the inferior creatures often suffer for the sin of man, and in his plagues. Thus God will show his displeasure against sin....

Verse Zechariah 14:10. _ALL THE LAND SHALL BE TURNED AS A PLAIN_] Or rather, "He shall encompass the whole land as a plain." He shall cast his defence all around it; from _Geba_, in Benjamin, north of Jerusalem, (Joshua 21:17,) to _Rimmon_ in Judah, to the _south of Jerusalem_, Joshua 15:32. _IT SHALL BE LIFTED UP_] The city shall be exalted. _AND INHABITED IN HER PLACE_] Jerusalem, shall be rebuilt _in the_ _very place_ in which it originally stood. From _Benjamin's gate_, which was probably on the _north_ side of Jerusalem, unto the _place_ _of the first gate_, supposed to be that called the _old gate_,...

ALL THE LAND SHALL BE TURNED AS A PLAIN FROM RIMMON TO GEBAH - Kimchi: “All the land, which is round about Jerusalem, which is now mountains, as is said, “The mountains are round about Jerusalem” Psalms 125:2, shall be level as a plain, but Jerusalem itself shall be exalted, and high above all the earth.” The dignity of the Church, as “a city set upon a hill, which cannot be hid” Matthew 5:14, is symbolized here by the sinking of all around and its own uprising; as in Micah and Isaiah, “The mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills” Isaiah 2:2; Micah 4:1

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

ALL THE LAND SHALL BE TURNED AS A PLAIN,.... That is, all the land of Israel round about Jerusalem, which was encompassed with mountains, Psalms 125:2 but now these mountains shall become a plain, that that may be seen; since it follows, FROM GEBA TO RIMMON SOUTH OF JERUSALEM; Geba was a city in the tribe of Benjamin, on the northern border of the land, Joshua 21:17 and Rimmon was in the tribe of Judah, given to Simeon on the southern part, Joshua 15:32 so that from Geba to Rimmon was the same as from Geba to Beersheba, which was in the same tribe, 2 Kings 23:8 and, according to the Jewish writers, the south of Jerusalem

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

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....