Zechariah 14:2

Zechariah 14:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
• New International Version (NIV)I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; The city shall be taken, The houses 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.

Context of Zechariah 14:2

1A day is going to come for the Lord when the loot you have taken will be divided among you. I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half of the people in the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people won’t be taken from the city. 3Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as he does when he fights a battle. 4On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, just east of Jerusalem. The Mount of Olives will be split in two, forming a very large valley from east to west. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and the other half will move toward the south.

Zechariah 14:2 word by word

וְאָסַפְתִּ֨י אֶת־כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֥ם׀ אֶֽל־יְרוּשָׁלִַם֮ לַמִּלְחָמָה֒ וְנִלְכְּדָ֣ה הָעִ֗יר וְנָשַׁ֙סּוּ֙ הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים תִּשָּׁכַ֑בְנָה וְיָצָ֞א חֲצִ֤י הָעִיר֙ בַּגּוֹלָ֔ה וְיֶ֣תֶר הָעָ֔ם לֹ֥א יִכָּרֵ֖ת מִן־הָעִֽיר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For I will gatherאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• all nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• against Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• to battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• and the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• shall be takenלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• and the housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• rifledשָׁסַסshâsas · to plunderH8155
• and the womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• ravishedשָׁגֵלshâgal · to ravishH7693
• ravishedשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: have sexH7901
• and halfחֲצִיchêtsîy · halfH2677
• shall go forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• into captivityגּוֹלָהgôlâh gôlâh · captivityH1473
• and the residueיֶ֫תֶרyether · remainderH3499
• of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• shall not be cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772

Cross-references for Zechariah 14:2

• Deuteronomy 28:9You will be the Lord’s holy people, as he promised you with an oath. He will do this if you obey the commands of the Lord your God and follow his directions.
• Isaiah 5:26The Lord raises up a flag for the nations far away. With a whistle he signals those at the ends of the earth. Look, they are coming very quickly!
• Jeremiah 34:1The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, his entire army, and all the kingdoms and people that he ruled were attacking Jerusalem and all its cities. He said,
• Daniel 2:40There will also be a fourth kingdom. It will be as strong as iron. (Iron smashes and shatters everything.) As iron crushes things, this fourth kingdom will smash and crush all the other kingdoms.
• Joel 3:2I will gather all the nations. I will bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. I will judge them there. They scattered the Israelites, the people who belong to me, among the nations. They divided my land.
• Matthew 22:7“The king became angry. He sent his soldiers, killed those murderers, and burned their city.
• Luke 2:1At that time the Emperor Augustus ordered a census of the Roman Empire.
• Matthew 23:37“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the prophets and stone to death those sent to you! How often I wanted to gather your children together the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings! But you were not willing!
• Matthew 24:15“The prophet Daniel said that the disgusting thing that will cause destruction will stand in the holy place. When you see this (let the reader take note),
• Mark 13:14“When you see the disgusting thing that will cause destruction standing where it should not (let the reader take note), those of you in Judea should flee to the mountains.
• Luke 19:43The time will come when enemy armies will build a wall to surround you and close you in on every side.
• Luke 21:20“When you see armies camped around Jerusalem, realize that the time is near for it to be destroyed.
• Isaiah 13:16Their little children will be smashed to death right before their eyes. Their houses will be looted and their wives raped.
• Lamentations 1:10The enemies laid their hands on all of the city’s treasures. Jerusalem has seen the nations enter the holy place. ‘O Lord, they are the same people you have forbidden to enter your congregation.’
• Lamentations 5:11Women in Zion are raped, so are the girls in the cities of Judah.
• Amos 7:17“However, this is what the Lord says: Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will be killed with swords. Your land will be surveyed and divided up, and you will die in an unclean land. Israel cannot avoid being taken from its land into exile.”

Commentaries on Zechariah 14:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2I will gather all nations - The Romans, whose armies were composed of all the nations of the world. In this verse there is a pitiful account given of the horrible outrages which should be committed during the siege of Jerusalem, and at its capture. The residue of the people shad not be cut off - Many were preserved for slaves, and for exhibition in the provincial theatres.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2I Will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle - This is a feature which belongs to the end. It had been dwelt upon by Joel; Joel 3:2-9, Joel 3:11; Ezekiel spoke of the “many nations” Ezekiel 38:6, Ezekiel 38:15, Ezekiel 38:22 which should come under Gog. John foretells of an universal strife at the end, when “The spirits of devils, working miracles, go forth unto the king; of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The rest refers to the remaining people of Israel who survived when Jerusalem was attacked (see Zechariah 13:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. gather all nations, &c.--The prophecy seems literal (compare Joe 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 (2Th 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, Da 11:1-45…Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 14:2

• Captive
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Rape
• War

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Captive
• Cleave
• Consume
• Bible, the
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Salvation
• Siege
• Zechariah, Book of

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