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 of the Lord is about to come when your possessions will be divided as plunder in your midst. For 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. 4On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives which lies to the east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, leaving a great valley. Half the mountain will move northward and the other half southward.

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 28:9The Lord will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him.
• Isaiah 5:26He lifts a signal flag for a distant nation, he whistles for it to come from the far regions of the earth. Look, they come quickly and swiftly.
• Jeremiah 34:1The Lord spoke to Jeremiah while King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon was attacking Jerusalem and the towns around it with a large army. This army consisted of troops from his own army and from the kingdoms and peoples of the lands under his dominion.
• Daniel 2:40Then there will be a fourth kingdom, one strong like iron. Just like iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything, and as iron breaks in pieces all of these metals, so it will break in pieces and crush the others.
• Joel 3:2Then I will gather all the nations, and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. I will enter into judgment against them there concerning my people Israel who are my inheritance, whom they scattered among the nations. They partitioned my land,
• Matthew 22:7The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.
• Luke 2:1Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire for taxes.
• Matthew 23:37“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!
• Matthew 24:15“So when you see the abomination of desolation – spoken about by Daniel the prophet – standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
• Mark 13:14“But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.
• Luke 19:43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.
• Luke 21:20“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.
• Isaiah 13:16Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped.
• Lamentations 1:10An enemy grabbed all her valuables. Indeed she watched in horror as Gentiles invaded her holy temple – those whom you had commanded: “They must not enter your assembly place.” כ (Kaf)
• Lamentations 5:11They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.
• Amos 7:17“Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the streets and your sons and daughters will die violently. Your land will be given to others and you will die in a foreign land. Israel will certainly be carried into exile away from its land.’”

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
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• 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