New English Translation
Zechariah 14:1
1A day of the Lord is about to come when your possessions will be divided as plunder in your midst.
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
A day of the Lord is about to come when your possessions will be divided as plunder in your midst. 2For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to wage war; the city will be taken, its houses plundered, and the women raped. Then half of the city will go into exile, but the remainder of the people will not be taken away. 3Then the Lord will go to battle and fight against those nations, just as he fought battles in ancient days.
Read all of Zechariah 14Zechariah 14:1 word by word
הִנֵּ֥ה יֽוֹם־בָּ֖א לַֽיהוָ֑ה וְחֻלַּ֥ק שְׁלָלֵ֖ךְ בְּקִרְבֵּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Zechariah 14:1
- Isaiah 2:12Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud – they will be humiliated;
- Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the Lord’s day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the sovereign judge.
- Joel 2:31The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, before the day of the Lord comes – that great and terrible day!
- Joel 3:14Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision, for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision!
- Malachi 4:5Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord arrives.
- Acts 2:20The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
- Revelation 16:14For they are the spirits of the demons performing signs who go out to the kings of the earth to bring them together for the battle that will take place on the great day of God, the All-Powerful.
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
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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
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