Zechariah 14:13

Zechariah 14:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)On that day people will be stricken by the Lord with great panic. They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And on that day a great panic from the Lord shall fall on them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other.
• New King James Version (NKJV)It shall come to pass in that day That a great panic from the Lord will be among them. Everyone will seize the hand of his neighbor, And raise his hand against his neighbor’s hand;

Context of Zechariah 14:13

11People will live there, and never again will there be a curse of complete destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell in security. 12This will be the plague with which the Lord strikes all the people who have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. On that day a great panic from the Lord will be among them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other. 14Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected: gold, silver, and clothing in great abundance. 15The same plague as the previous one will strike the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the animals that are in those camps.

Zechariah 14:13 word by word

וְהָיָה֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא תִּֽהְיֶ֧ה מְהֽוּמַת־יְהוָ֛ה רַבָּ֖ה בָּהֶ֑ם וְהֶחֱזִ֗יקוּ אִ֚ישׁ יַ֣ד רֵעֵ֔הוּ וְעָלְתָ֥ה יָד֖וֹ עַל־יַ֥ד רֵעֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it shall come to pass in that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• a greatרַבrab · manyH7227
• tumultמְהוּמָהmehûmâh · tumultH4103
• from the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• shall be among them; and they shall lay holdחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: holdH2388
• every oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• on the handיָדyâd · handH3027
• of his neighbourרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• shall rise upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927

Cross-references for Zechariah 14:13

• Zechariah 12:4On that day” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah but strike all the horses of the nations with blindness.
• Judges 7:22When Gideon’s men blew their three hundred rams’ horns, the Lord caused the men in the whole army to turn on each other with their swords. They fled to Acacia House in the direction of Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
• 1 Samuel 14:15Terror spread through the Philistine camp and the open fields to all the troops. Even the garrison and the raiding parties were terrified. The earth shook, and terror spread from God.
• 2 Chronicles 20:22The moment they began their shouts and praises, the Lord set an ambush against the Ammonites, Moabites, and the inhabitants of Mount Seir who came to fight against Judah, and they were defeated.
• Ezekiel 38:21I will call for a sword against him on all my mountains — this is the declaration of the Lord God — and every man’s sword will be against his brother.
• Revelation 17:12The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they will receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.

Commentaries on Zechariah 14:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13A great tumult from the Lord - Among those enemies of his Church, who shall engage and destroy each other.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13A great tumult - And panic fear, such as God said He would send upon the Canaanites before Israel Deuteronomy 7:23, or on Israel itself, if disobedient Deuteronomy 28:20; or which fell on the Philistines after Jonathan‘s capture of the garrison at Michmash, when every man‘s “sword was against his fellow”. There is no real unity, except in God; elsewhere, since each seeks his own, all must be impregnated with mutual suspicion, ready at any moment to be…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-15Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13The day of the Lord will bring fear to God's enemies (Zechariah 12:4; see Isaiah 22:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. tumult--consternation (Zec 12:4; 1Sa 14:15, 20). lay hold ... on ... hand of ... neighbour--instinctively grasping it, as if thereby to be safer, but in vain [Menochius]. Rather, in order to assail "his neighbor" [Calvin], (Eze 38:21). Sin is the cause of all quarrels on earth. It will cause endless quarrels in hell (Jas 3:15, 16).Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 14:13

• Church
• Gentiles
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

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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