Zechariah 14:12

the people Lit. peoples, as R. V., i.e. nations.

their flesh Lit. his flesh, i.e. the flesh of each one of them; and so, his eyes, his tongue; though, to show that the plague is at once individual and universal, it is at the end of the verse, "in theirmouth".

while they stand upon their feet Lit. and he standing upon his feet. The plague comes upon them in a moment, as they stand in serried ranks before the holy city. "Appalling, horrible picture! standing on their feet, yet their flesh mouldering away, as in a graveyard, their sightless balls decaying in their holes, the tongue putrefying in their mouth, a disgust to themselves and to others." Pusey.

holes sockets, R. V.