Zechariah 14

Zechariah 14:1

Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

Behold then, O Judea and Jerusalem, the day of the Lord’s vengeance cometh: the Romans shall divide thy spoils in the midst of thee.

Zechariah 14:2

For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken.

For I will gather an army of all nations, brought together against thee, by the Romans; and Jerusalem shall be taken.

Zechariah 14:3

Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Only, a remnant, viz. the third part, of the people, have I reserved, which shall not be cut off with the rest, but shall still continue the name of my Church and people.

Zechariah 14:4

And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

After this, the Lord Christ shall, in a terrible manner, come to judgment: when he shall descend down to the earth, the mountains shall be cloven in sunder before him, in a fearful motion at his appearance; even the Mount of Olives, where he set his last foot-step upon earth, shall be divided in the midst, to the east and to the west; and there shall be a great valley betwixt these two halves, thus dissevered, whereof one half shall be fallen to the northward and the other half to the south.

Zechariah 14:8

And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

And in that day, the waters of life and everlasting refreshing shall flow forth from the mid t of the heavenly Jerusalem to all the saints of God, every where, without all stop and intermission.

Zechariah 14:9

And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

And the Lord shall be King over all the Earth: having subdued all his enemies: there shall then be none, that shall make head against him; but all shall adore him, as their only Lord and God.

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, under the corner-gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.

All things shall be then made even and smooth in the whole Church of God; and there shall be infinite store of eternal mansions, prepared for all the elect of God; even as if, in type thereof, the whole coast about the material Jerusalem should be levelled, and stately built, and populously inhabited. So also verse 11.

Zechariah 14:12

And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; &c.

Such shall be the day, and the issue of the Last Judgment: but, in the mean time also, God will punish the enemies of his chosen; even all those, that fight against his Church, shall have visible judgments inflicted upon them; &c.

Zechariah 14:13

And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.

Neither shall God only punish them with his own immediate hand, but he shall cause them to be the executioners of each other, in those civil tumults, which they shall raise up amongst themselves.

Zechariah 14:14

And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.

And, even the Jews themselves shall be the first, that shall fight against this spiritual Jerusalem, the Church of Christ; and, together with them, all the heathens round about shall oppugn it, and make use of all their power and riches for the suppressing of it.

Zechariah 14:15

And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.

But they shall not prevail: for both they and all their substance and might shall miscarry; and the punishing hand of God shall fall heavily, both upon them and their assistants in this evil quarrel: they shall be all enwrapped in the same common destruction.

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.

And it shall come to pass, that those, which are left alive of the nations, which made opposition to the Gospel of Christ, shall humbly and gladly submit themselves to the worship and service of God their Saviour; and shall cheerfully join themselves to his Church, in the religious adoration of him, upon all occasions.

Zechariah 14:17

And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.

Those, who wilfully refuse to join themselves to the Church of God under the Gospel, from them will God sensibly withhold his blessings; even his seasonable rains, and the plentiful increase of the earth.