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 will change and become like the Arabah from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem will be raised up and will stay in its own place from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate and on to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses. 11And people will settle there, and there will no longer be the threat of divine extermination – Jerusalem will dwell in security. But this will be the nature of the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that have fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will decay while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot away in their sockets, and their tongues will dissolve in their mouths. 13On that day there will be great confusion from the Lord among them; they will seize each other and attack one another violently. 14Moreover, Judah will fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered up – gold, silver, and clothing in great abundance.

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 to battle and fight against those nations, just as he fought battles in ancient days.
• Zechariah 12:9So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.”
• Psalms 110:5O sovereign Lord, at your right hand he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger.
• Isaiah 34:1Come near, you nations, and listen! Pay attention, you people! The earth and everything it contains must listen, the world and everything that lives in it.
• Isaiah 66:15For look, the Lord comes with fire, his chariots come like a windstorm, to reveal his raging anger, his battle cry, and his flaming arrows.
• Ezekiel 38:18On that day, when Gog invades the land of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord, my rage will mount up in my anger.
• Ezekiel 39:4You will fall dead on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the people who are with you. I give you as food to every kind of bird and every wild beast.
• Joel 3:1(4:1) For look! In those days and at that time I will return the exiles to Judah and Jerusalem.
• Micah 4:11Many nations have now assembled against you. They say, “Jerusalem must be desecrated, so we can gloat over Zion!”
• Micah 5:8Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, in the midst of many peoples. They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which attacks when it passes through; it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it.
• Micah 7:16Nations will see this and be disappointed by all their strength, they will put their hands over their mouths, and act as if they were deaf.
• Revelation 16:1Then I heard a loud voice from the temple declaring to the seven angels: “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls containing God’s wrath.”
• Revelation 19:17Then I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he shouted in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky: “Come, gather around for the great banquet of God,
• Leviticus 26:18“‘If, in spite of all these things, you do not obey me, I will discipline you seven times more on account of your sins.
• Deuteronomy 28:59then the Lord will increase your punishments and those of your descendants – great and long-lasting afflictions and severe, enduring illnesses.
• 2 Chronicles 21:15And you will get a serious, chronic intestinal disease which will cause your intestines to come out.”

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