Zechariah 14:16

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. EVERY ONE THAT IS LEFT OF ALL THE NATIONS WHICH CAME AGAINST JERUSALEM SHALL EVEN GO UP FROM YEAR TO YEAR TO WORSHIP THE KING, THE LORD OF HOSTS - (Isaiah 66:19; Isaiah 66:23). God will conquer all the foes of the Church. Some He will destroy, others He will bring into willing subjection. FROM YEAR TO YEAR, [ mideey (H1767) shaanaah (H8141) bªshaan...

Zechariah here advances farther, — that those who shall have escaped the ruin of which he had spoken shall be so humbled that they would of their own accord submit to God. He said before, that God would take vengeance and destroy all the enemies of his Church; but the promise here is still more valuable, — that he would turn the hearts of those who escaped punishment, so that without any constraint they would become obedient; for _come_, he says, _shall they every year to worship God in his temple_. Then the sum of what is said is this, that God would subdue all the enemies of his Church, and in two ways, for some he would destroy, and he would humble others, so as to make them willing servants and ready of themselves to obey his authority. _It shall be _then_that every one who shall remain of all the nations which came against Jerusalem, shall ascend to supplicate God_, or humbly to wor...

16-21 As it is impossible for all nations literally to come to Jerusalem once a year, to keep a feast, it is evident that a figurative meaning must here be applied. Gospel worship is represented by the keeping of the feast of tabernacles. Every day of a Christian's life is a day of the feast of tabernacles; every Lord's day especially is the great day of the feast; therefore every day let us worship the Lord of hosts, and keep every Lord's day with peculiar solemnity. It is just for God to withhold the blessings of grace from those who do not attend the means of grace. It is a sin that is its own punishment; those who forsake the duty, forfeit the privilege of communion with God. A time of complete peace and purity of the church will arrive. Men will carry on their common affairs, and their sacred services, upon the same holy principles of faith, love and obedience. Real holiness shall...

Verse Zechariah 14:16. _SHALL EVEN GO UP FROM YEAR TO YEAR_] The Jews had _three_ grand original festivals, which characterized different epochs in their history, viz.: - 1. The _feast_ of the _passover_, in commemoration of their departure from Egypt. 2. The _feast_ of _pentecost_, in commemoration of the giving of the law upon Mount Sinai. 3. The _feast_ of _tabernacles_, in commemoration of their wandering forty years in the wilderness. This last feast is very properly brought in here to point out the final restoration of the Jews, and their _establishment_ in the light and liberty of the Gospel of Christ, after their _long_ _wandering_ in vice and error....

EVERY ONE THAT IS LEFT OF THE NATIONS - God so gives the repentance, even through His visitations, that, in proportion to the largeness of the rebellion and the visitation upon it, shall be the largeness of the conversion. “Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles shall be fulfilled” Luke 21:24. And Paul, “Blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles shall be come in; and so all Israel shall be saved” Romans 11:25. Hitherto prophets had spoken of a “remnant” of Jacob, who should “return to the mighty God” Isaiah 10:21, and should be saved; now, upon this universal rebellion of the pagan. He foretells the conversion of a remn

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

AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS,.... After the plague on man and beast is over: [THAT] EVERYONE THAT IS LEFT OF ALL THE NATIONS WHICH COME AGAINST JERUSALEM; these are the remnant, according to the election of grace, who will have been among the enemies of Christ and his people, but preserved when others will be destroyed; and they will not only be frightened at the general destruction, but will be truly converted, and give glory to the God of heaven, Revelation 11:13: these SHALL EVEN GO UP FROM YEAR TO YEAR TO WORSHIP THE KING, THE LORD OF HOSTS; the King Messiah, as Aben Ezra and Abendana on the place observe; the same with the King overall the earth, Zechariah 14:9 who is Lord of hosts, of all the armies in heaven, that will have followed him, at this time, a

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

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....