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Zechariah 14:8-11

The Prosperity of the Land

Perennial streams flowing from Jerusalem both to the E. and to the W. shall irrigate and fertilise the land, Zechariah 14:8. One God shall be worshipped without a rival, Zechariah 14:9. The whole face of the country shall become a level plain, Jerusalem alone standing aloft on its ancient hills, Zechariah 14:10, the populous abode of blessing and security, Zechariah 14:11.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zechariah 14:8. _LIVING WATERS SHALL GO OUT_] There shall be a wide diffusion of Divine knowledge, and of the plan of human salvation, which shall go out by apostles and preachers, first from Je...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND IT SHALL BE, THAT LIVING WATERS - Kimchi: “This is what is said in the prophecy of Joel, ‘A fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord’ Joel 3:18; and in that of Ezekiel, ‘And behold the...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 14 _ 1. The last conflict and the manifestation of the Lord (Zechariah 14:1) _ 2. The complete salvation (Zechariah 14:6) 3. The punishment of the enemies (Zechariah 14:12)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ZECHARIAH 14. THE TRIBULATION OF THE STRUGGLE AGAINST HEATHENISM AND THE GLORIOUS FUTURE WHICH MAY BE ANTICIPATED. It is noteworthy that the writer considers the plundering of Jerusalem as a day of th...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LIVING WATERS. fresh, running, or perennial waters. These are the waters of Ezekiel 47. FORMER. eastern: i.e. the Dead Sea. HINDER. western: i.e. Mediterranean Sea. SUMMER. Not dried up by heat. W...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    LIVING WATERS SHALL GO OUT, &C.— Here again, real waters, not the figurative ones of baptism, or of the Christian doctrine, are meant; for these waters go out only to the east and to the west, whereas...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    IN THAT DAY (12). Zechariah 14:8-12 RV. And _it_ shall come to pass in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the wester...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. LIVING...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    14:8 hinder (d-31) 'Western.' see Joel 2:20 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE JUDGMENT OF THE HEATHEN. EXALTATION OF JERUSALEM This chapter has the appearance of a late work. It has all the general characteristics of the style of literature known to students in the book of...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 14 V1 Look! A day will come for the *LORD! Then (the nations) will gather in the middle of (Jerusalem) to share the city’s wealth....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    LIVING WATERS. — The symbol of Divine knowledge and spiritual vitality (Joel 3:18; Ezekiel 47). FORMER. — Or _front, i.e.,_ eastern (marg.) — meaning the Dead Sea. HINDER. — _i.e.,_ western, meaning...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיָ֣ה ׀ בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֗וּא...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    10. JUDGMENT OF THE HEATHEN ANDSANCTIFICATION OF JERUSALEM (Zechariah 14:1) In another apocalyptic vision the prophet beholds Jerusalem again beset by the heathen. But Jehovah Himself intervenes, app...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “AT EVENING TIME IT SHALL BE LIGHT” Zechariah 14:1 We can hardly doubt that in Zechariah 14:1, Zechariah is anticipating the same events as Ezekiel describes in Ezekiel 38:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The prophet finally described the ultimate victories of the King, commencing with a description of the smiting of the Shepherd and the scattering of the sheep. Of this scattering a remnant would be lo...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And it shall be in that day, [that] living (i) 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. (i)...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Living waters; viz., the gospel of Christ. (Challoner) --- Last: Mediterranean. (Haydock) --- The prophet now turns to the figurative Jerusalem. The earthly city was not well supplied with water. (Cal...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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. The living...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Here is subjoined a more cheering prophecy, — that the grace of God would yet prevail. Whatever evils, and troubles, and dangers, and fears, and diseases awaited the faithful, he yet says that in such...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 14 announces the final events that shall bring in this result, as chapter 13 had especially detailed that which regarded Christ. The two subjects of chapter 12 are thus resumed in detail. We m...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND IT SHALL BE IN THAT DAY, [THAT] LIVING WATERS SHALL GO OUT FROM JERUSALEM,.... When it shall be light; and this is one of the things which will make it so; for by "living waters" are meant the Gos...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And it shall be in that day_ Spoken of Zechariah 14:6, when _the light shall not be clear, nor dark_, that is, during the whole of the forementioned period; _living waters shall go out from Jerusalem...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And it shall be in that day, after the restoration of the light of the Word in its original position, THAT LIVING WATERS SHALL GO OUT FROM JERUSALEM, from the Church of the Lord in its renewed state,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE JUDGMENT AND THE REDEMPTION...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    NATIONS PUNISHED, THEN RESTORED (vv. 1-15) This chapter goes back to consider the The Great Tribulation from another viewpoint. "Behold, the day of the Lord is coming (v.1). The day of the Lord stan...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    FORMER: Or, Eastern...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 o...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IN THAT DAY; when the gospel shall be preached, and the days of dark ceremonies among the Jews, and darker ignorance and idolatry among the heathen, shall end. LIVING WATERS; not only such as springs...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zechariah 14:8 day H3117 living H2416 waters H4325 flow H3318 (H8799) Jerusalem H3389 Half H2677 eastern H6931 s

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH WILL COME WITH HIS HOLY ONES AND BECOME KING OVER ALL THE EARTH (ZECHARIAH 14:5). The progress of God's purposes is now described. God will bring about a new work on behalf of His people, and wil...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TRIUMPH OF YHWH (ZECHARIAH 14:1). In this final chapter Zechariah visualises the final triumph of YHWH. The whole world will be subject to Him, and will worship Him (Zechariah 14:16). He will be K...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The return of Christ. Armageddon. The changes in Palestine. The kingdom established on earth. CHARACTERS: God, Zechariah, Christ. CONCLUSION: In the last days, Christ shall return in glory...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Zechariah 14:1. _I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle._ The tenth legion joined the Roman general; and though they could not take the city by storm, yet famine at last did what could...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Living waters shall go out from Jerusalem _ THE LIVING WATERS Like all his predecessors, Zechariah speaks much of Christ. Some of his prophecies, owing partly to the predominance of figurative and...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 14:1 Terrible times are yet in store for the people of Jerusalem, but God will visit them and make Jerusalem secure and prominent. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES. Zechariah 14:8. Living] i.e. running, perennial, refreshing; opposed to stagnant, noxious waters; an image of copious streams of gifts and grace from the Church, the source of all ble...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 14:1, ZECHARIAH 14:2 § 5. The afflictions of the people and their results are set forth in figure and symbol. _Jerusalem is represented as taken and plundered._...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Behold, the day of the LORD comes, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, a...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezekiel 47:1; Isaiah 35:7; Isaiah 41:17; Isaiah 41:18; Isaiah 49:10;

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    In that day — When the days of ignorance, and idolatry shall end. Living waters — The quickening, saving truths of the gospel, with all its ordinances in purity. From Jerusalem — The church of Christ,...

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