Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. Ver. 1. _Behold, the day of the Lord cometh_] Jerusalem had her day, and knew it not, Luke 19:42 (Jerusalem was not Jerusalem, the vision of peace saw not the things that belonged to her peace); God therefore w... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 2. _For I will gather all nations_] The R... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. Ver. 3. _Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations_] Some read it, among those nations; he shall be the Archistrategus, the commander-in-chief of those armies, which he hath br... [ Continue Reading ]
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which [is] before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, [and there shall be] a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall flee [to] the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, [and] all the saints with thee. Ver. 5. _And ye shall flee t... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the light shall not be clear, [nor] dark: Ver. 6. _And it shall come to pass in that day_] That is, saith Diodati, after the destruction of antichrist, shall the Son of God come in, who shall bring the Church into its glory; where without any vicissitud... [ Continue Reading ]
But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, [that] at evening time it shall be light. Ver. 7. _Which shall be known to the Lord_] And that should suffice us, without further curious inquiries, _de re nobis et toti mundo abscondita_ (Calvi... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be in that day, [that] living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. Ver. 8. _Living waters shall go out from Jerusalem_] _i.e._ Abundance of spiritual graces, frequently in Sc... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one. Ver. 9. _And the Lord shall be king over all the earth_] At the sounding of the seventh angel the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ; and he shall reign... [ Continue Reading ]
All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and [from] the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses. Ver. 10. _All the land sh... [ Continue Reading ]
And [men] shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. Ver. 11. _And men shall dwell in it_] Heb. They shall dwell in it, _sc._ Multitudes of men. The new Jerusalem, the Church, gathered by the preaching of the gospel, shall not be thinly... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 12. _And this sha... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 13. _A great tumult from the Lord shall be among them_] He shall frighte... [ Continue Reading ]
And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. Ver. 14. _And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem_] Shall fight like a lion, and do great exploits for his country; as Judas Maccabeu... [ Continue Reading ]
And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague. Ver. 15. _And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel_] All the beasts of service, made use of by the enemy, shall consume i... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. Ver. 16. _Every one that is left of all the nations_] _i.e._ That hath escaped th... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be, [that] whoso will not come up of [all] the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. Ver. 17. _Even upon them shall be no rain_] _i.e._ _Nullam misericordiam assequentur,_ saith Theodoret; They shall get no good at... [ Continue Reading ]
And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that [have] no [rain]; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. Ver. 18. _And if the family of Egypt_] So called from one Aiguptos, a king there. In the Hebrew it is ca... [ Continue Reading ]
This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. Ver. 19. _This shall be the punishment of Eyypt, and the punishment_] Or sin; indeed, the sin of sins, to slight God's ordinances and offers of grace; and to neglect so great... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar. Ver. 20. _In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses_] Hanged upon their heads, or about their necks, as Judges 8:26 : the Midiani... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts. Ver. 21. _Yea, every pot in Jerusalem, &c._] That i... [ Continue Reading ]