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Zechariah 14:2
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The Day of the Lord

1 Behold, athe day of the Lord is coming,
And your1 spoil will be divided in your midst. 
2 For aI will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem;
The city shall be taken,
The houses1 rifled,
And the women ravished.
Half of the city shall go into captivity,
But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 
3 Then the Lord will go forth
And fight against those nations,
As He fights in the day of battle.
4 And in that day His feet will stand aon the Mount of Olives,
Which faces Jerusalem on the east.
And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two,
From east to west,
bMaking a very large valley;
Half of the mountain shall move toward the north
And half of it toward the south. 
5 Then you shall flee through My mountain valley,
For the mountain valley shall reach to Azal.
Yes, you shall flee
As you fled from the aearthquake
In the days of Uzziah king of Judah.
bThus the Lord my God will come,
And call the saints with You. 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Zechariah 14:2

gather all nations, etc.—The prophecy seems literal (compare Joel 3:2). If Antichrist be the leader of the nations, it seems inconsistent with the statement that he will at this time be sitting in the temple as God at Jerusalem (II Thessalonians 2:4); thus Antichrist outside would be made to besiege Antichrist within the city. But difficulties do not set aside revelations: the event will clear up seeming difficulties. Compare the complicated movements, Dan. 11:1-45.

half . . . the residue—In Zechariah 13:8-9, it is "two-thirds" that perish, and "the third" escapes. There, however, it is "in all the land"; here it is "half of the city." Two-thirds of the "whole people" perish, one-third survives. One-half of the citizens are led captive, the residue are not cut off. Perhaps, too, we ought to translate, "a (not 'the') residue."




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Zechariah 14:2:

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Isaiah 29:2
Isaiah 33:19
Isaiah 51:2
Isaiah 66:18
Isaiah 66:24
Jeremiah 50:20
Lamentations 5:11
Ezekiel 5:9
Ezekiel 6:9
Ezekiel 9:6
Ezekiel 20:35
Ezekiel 20:38
Ezekiel 37:28
Joel 2:32
Joel 3:2
Joel 3:9
Zephaniah 3:8
Zechariah 13:8-9
2 Thessalonians 2:4
Revelation 1:7
Revelation 7:3
Revelation 11:13

 

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