Zechariah 14:12

Zechariah 14:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
• New International Version (NIV)This is the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.

Context of Zechariah 14:12

10All the land, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become flat. But Jerusalem will rise and it will be high in its place. The city will be from the Gate of Benjamin to the Corner Gate and to the High Building of Hananel. The place where the servants of the king make his wine will be in it too. 11Jerusalem will be safe. People will live there. Nobody will destroy Jerusalem ever again. The Lord will make the people sick that fought against Jerusalem. Their bodies will become bad as they stand on their feet. Their eyes will become bad and they will fall out. And their tongues will become bad in their mouths. 13On that day, the Lord will make men so afraid that each man will attack the man next to him. 14Judah also will go to Jerusalem and they will fight. They will take every good thing from all the countries. There will be a lot of expensive metals and many rich clothes.

Zechariah 14:12 word by word

וְזֹ֣את׀ תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה הַמַּגֵּפָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִגֹּ֤ף יְהוָה֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר צָבְא֖וּ עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם הָמֵ֣ק׀ בְּשָׂר֗וֹ וְהוּא֙ עֹמֵ֣ד עַל־רַגְלָ֔יו וְעֵינָיו֙ תִּמַּ֣קְנָה בְחֹֽרֵיהֶ֔ן וּלְשׁוֹנ֖וֹ תִּמַּ֥ק בְּפִיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And this shall be the plagueמַגֵּפָהmaggêphâh · plagueH4046
• wherewith the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• will smiteנָגַףnâgaph · to strikeH5062
• all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• that have foughtצָבָאtsâbâ' · to serveH6633
• against Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• Their fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• shall consume awayמָקַקmâqaq · to rotH4743
• while they standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• upon their feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• and their eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• in their holesחֹרchôr chôr · holeH2356
• and their tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• in their mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310

Cross-references for Zechariah 14:12

• Zechariah 14:3Then the Lord will go out. And he will fight against the people from those countries as in past years.
• Zechariah 12:9On that day, I will destroy all the countries that fight against Israel.
• Psalms 110:5The Lord is standing at your right side. When he becomes angry, he will knock down kings!
• Isaiah 34:1Come near to me, people of all nations. Listen carefully, everyone! All the earth, and everything that is in it, listen to me! Yes, the whole world, and all who live in it, listen carefully!
• Isaiah 66:15Look! The Lord is coming with fire. His chariots will blow in like a strong storm. People will see his great anger, as he comes to punish his enemies with flames of fire.
• Ezekiel 38:18I, the Almighty Lord, say this: On the day that Gog attacks the land of Israel, I will become more and more angry.
• Ezekiel 39:4You will fall to the ground on Israel's mountains. You, your soldiers and the people who are with you will all die there. Vultures and wild animals will eat your dead bodies.
• Joel 3:1‘Judah and Jerusalem were once great. One day, at that time, I will make them great again.
• Micah 4:11But now, at this time, many countries have come together to attack your city. They say: ‘We will destroy Jerusalem and we will enjoy ourselves. We want to see Zion's people in trouble.’
• Micah 5:8Jacob's people who are still alive will be living among people in many other countries. They will become like a dangerous lion among the other animals in the forest. They will become like a young lion among people's sheep. The lion attacks other animals. It knocks them down and it tears them in pieces. Nobody can save them.
• Micah 7:16The people in other countries will see what you do. They will understand that they are not really powerful. So then they will be ashamed. They will be like deaf people and dumb people.
• Revelation 16:1Then I heard a loud voice speak from God's house in heaven. It said to the seven angels, ‘Take your seven bowls that are full of God's anger. Go and pour them out on the earth.’
• Revelation 19:17Then I saw an angel who was standing in the sun. He shouted loudly to all the birds that were flying high in the sky, ‘Come here! Come together to eat the big meal that God has prepared.
• Leviticus 26:18The people may not obey God even after this. If they do not, God will punish them seven times more strongly.
• Deuteronomy 28:59If you refuse to do that, the Lord will punish you and your descendants more and more. You will have lots of pain and many kinds of terrible disease that will not get better.
• 2 Chronicles 21:15You will have a bad disease. You will have terrible pain in your stomach that becomes worse and worse. Finally, your inside parts will come out of your body.” ’

Commentaries on Zechariah 14:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12And this shall be the plague - All her enemies shall be destroyed. Their flesh shall consume away - These are the effects of famine which are described in this verse.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Again, upon the restoration of His people follows the destruction of His enemies. It shall, first and chiefly, be God‘s doing, not man‘s. “This shall be the plague.” The word is used of direct infliction by pestilence, “wherewith the Lord shall smite all the people (peoples) that fought against Jerusalem.” The awful description is of living corpses. Lap.: “The enemies of Jerusalem shall waste, not with fever or disease, but by a plague from God, so that…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. 12As the divine judge, God punishes those who rebel against him with a sudden and deadly plague (see Exodus 9:14; Numbers 14:36–37; 2 Samuel 24:10–25; Jeremiah 14:11–12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Punishment on the foe, the last Antichristian confederacy (Is 59:18; 66:24; Eze 38:1-39:29; Re 19:17-21). A living death: the corruption (Ga 6:8) of death combined in ghastly union with the conscious sensibility of life. Sin will be felt by the sinner in all its loathsomeness, inseparably clinging to him as a festering, putrid body.Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 14:12

• Church
• Gentiles
• 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