Zechariah 14:1

Zechariah 14:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
• New International Version (NIV)A day of the Lord is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, a day is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, And your spoil will be divided in your midst.

Context of Zechariah 14:1

Behold, a day is coming for the Lord when the spoil taken from you (Jerusalem) will be divided in your midst. 2For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured and the houses plundered and the women ravished; and half of the city will be exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. 3Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle.

Zechariah 14:1 word by word

הִנֵּ֥ה יֽוֹם־בָּ֖א לַֽיהוָ֑ה וְחֻלַּ֥ק שְׁלָלֵ֖ךְ בְּקִרְבֵּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• comethבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• and thy spoilשָׁלָלshâlâl · spoilH7998
• shall be dividedחָלַקchâlaq · to divideH2505
• in the midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130

Cross-references for Zechariah 14:1

• Isaiah 2:12For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoning Against all who are proud and arrogant And against all who are lifted up, That they may be degraded.
• Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty (All Sufficient One—Invincible God)!
• Joel 2:31The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
• Joel 3:14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision (judgment)! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision [when judgment is executed].
• Malachi 4:5“Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord.
• Acts 2:20The sun shall be turned into darkness And the moon into blood, Before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
• Revelation 16:14for they are [actually] the spirits of demons, performing [miraculous] signs. And they go out to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.

Commentaries on Zechariah 14:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Behold, the day of the Lord cometh - This appears to be a prediction of that war in which Jerusalem was finally destroyed, and the Jews scattered all over the face of the earth; and of the effects produced by it.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Behold 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The sufferings of Jerusalem. (1-7) Encouraging prospects, and the destruction of her enemies. (8-15) The holiness of the latter days. (16-21) Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1The day of the Lord will bring judgment and deliverance. On that day, God will reverse many people’s situations, lifting some up and bringing others low (see Amos 5:18; compare Matthew 19:28–30; Luke 13:23–30).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-21Messiah-Jehovah Saves Jerusalem and Destroys the Foe, of Whom the Remnant Turns to the Lord Reigning at Jerusalem. 1. day of the Lord--in which He shall vindicate His justice by punishing the wicked and then saving His elect people (Joe 2:31; 3:14; Mal 4:1, 5). thy spoil ... 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.Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 14:1

• Day
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

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Commentaries on Zechariah 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings