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Zechariah 14:16

ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON Zechariah 14:16 The nations that once came up against Jerusalem for war will now come to the city for the three annual festivals, especially the Feast of Booths in the fall. Like Ezekiel before him (Ezekiel 46:9), Zechariah writes of ongoing festival worship in a renewed Israel, but he broadens this vision to include the nations.

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See also Zechariah 14:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zechariah 14:16. _SHALL EVEN GO UP FROM YEAR TO YEAR_] The Jews had _three_ grand original festivals, which characterized different epochs in their history, viz.: - 1. The _feast_ of the _passo...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the feast of tabernacles_ The Jews had been required to appear three times in the year before God at His sanctuary. Of the Gentile nations, distant as they are and scattered over the face of the eart...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • 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

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיָ֗ה כָּל ־הַ נֹּותָר֙ מִ כָּל

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Zechariah here advances farther, — that those who shall have escaped the ruin of which he had spoken shall be so humbled that they would of their own accord submit to God. He said before, that God wou...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

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

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE REMNANT OF THE NATIONS SAVED...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • 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

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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