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Zechariah 14:7

ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON Zechariah 14:7 The natural order’s transformation at the Lord’s coming continues. That day will be like the first day of history (literally, “day one,” see esv footnote), a unique day, which is known to the LORD. Just as on the first day, before light and darkness had been separated (Genesis 1:3), so on that day there will be neither day nor night, but at evening time there shall be light. Permanent light will prevail.

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See also Zechariah 14:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zechariah 14:7. _AT EVENING TIME IT SHALL BE LIGHT._] At the _close_ of this awful visitation, there shall be _light_. The light of the glorious Gospel shall go forth from Jerusalem; and next, f...

  • 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

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  • 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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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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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

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיָ֣ה יֹום ־אֶחָ֗ד ה֛וּא יִוָּדַ֥ע לַֽ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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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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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • 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 JUDGMENT AND THE REDEMPTION...

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

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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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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _At evening time it shall be light _ AGED PEOPLE’S SERVICE Nature’s sunset is beautiful, so beautiful that every painter strives in vain to catch it and give it permanence on his canvas. But the sun...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] DAY] specially appointed to inflict judgments and manifest his glory. SPOIL] accumulated by inhabitants of Jerusalem and fit for the enemy. ZECHARIAH 14:2. NATIONS] to take and plunde...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • 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

    1 Thessalonians 5:2; Acts 1:7; Acts 15:18; Acts 17:26; Acts 17:31;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    One day — One continued day, no setting of the sun to make it quite night: God will always act in order to the full salvation of his spiritual Jerusalem. Known unto the Lord — The Lord knows when it s...

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