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 Living Translation (NLT)And the Lord will send a plague on all the nations that fought against Jerusalem. Their people will become like walking corpses, their flesh rotting away. Their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

Context of Zechariah 14:12

10All the land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be raised up and inhabited in her place from Benjamin’s Gate to the place of the First Gate and the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses. 11The people shall dwell in it; And no longer shall there be utter destruction, But Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. 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. 13It shall come to pass in that day That a great panic from the Lord will be among them. Everyone will seize the hand of his neighbor, And raise his hand against his neighbor’s hand; 14Judah also will fight at Jerusalem. And the wealth of all the surrounding nations Shall be gathered together: Gold, silver, and apparel 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 forth And fight against those nations, As He fights in the day of battle.
• Zechariah 12:9It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
• Psalms 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath.
• Isaiah 34:1Come near, you nations, to hear; And heed, you people! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, The world and all things that come forth from it.
• Isaiah 66:15For behold, the Lord will come with fire And with His chariots, like a whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire.
• Ezekiel 38:18“And it will come to pass at the same time, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,” says the Lord God, “that My fury will show in My face.
• Ezekiel 39:4You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
• Joel 3:1“For behold, in those days and at that time, When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,
• Micah 4:11Now also many nations have gathered against you, Who say, “Let her be defiled, And let our eye look upon Zion.”
• Micah 5:8And the remnant of Jacob Shall be among the Gentiles, In the midst of many peoples, Like a lion among the beasts of the forest, Like a young lion among flocks of sheep, Who, if he passes through, Both treads down and tears in pieces, And none can deliver.
• Micah 7:16The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; They shall put their hand over their mouth; Their ears shall be deaf.
• Revelation 16:1Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the earth.”
• Revelation 19:17Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, “Come and gather together for the supper of the great God,
• Leviticus 26:18‘And after all this, if you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
• Deuteronomy 28:59then the Lord will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary plagues—great and prolonged plagues—and serious and prolonged sicknesses.
• 2 Chronicles 21:15and you will become very sick with a disease of your intestines, until your intestines come out by reason of the sickness, day by day.

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