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Zechariah 14:13

And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.

A great tumult from the Lord shall be among them - "a tumult:" a consternation (; ; ).

They shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour - instinctively grasping it, as if thereby to be safer, but, in vain (Menochius). Rather, in order to assail 'his neighbour' (Calvin). confirms the latter view: "Every man's sword shall be against his brother." Sin is the cause of all quarrels on earth: it will cause endless quarrels in hell (James 3:15). The so-called "wisdom" which breeds "bitter envying and strife," is "earthly, sensual, and devilish."

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