Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be (a) divided
in the midst of thee.
(a) He arms the godly against the great temptations that would come,
before they enjoyed this prosperous estate promised under Christ, that
when these dangers came, they might know that they were warned of... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when
he (b) fought in the day of battle.
(b) As your fathers and you have had experience both at the Red Sea,
and at all other times.... [ Continue Reading ]
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the (c) mount of Olives,
which [is] before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall
cleave in the midst of it toward the east and toward the west, [and
there shall be] a very great (d) valley; and half of the mountain
shall remove toward the nort... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall flee [to] the (e) valley of the mountains; for the valley
of the mountains shall reach to Azal: yea, ye shall flee, as ye fled
from before the (f) earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah:
and the LORD (g) my God shall come, [and] all the saints with thee.
(e) He speaks of the hy... [ Continue Reading ]
But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, (h) not day,
nor night: but it shall come to pass, [that] at evening it shall be
light.
(h) Signifying, that there would be great troubles in the Church, and
that the time of it is in the Lord's hands, yet at length (which is
here meant by t... [ Continue Reading ]
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) That is, the spiritual graces of God, which would always continue
in most abundance.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there
be one (k) LORD, and his name one.
(k) All idolatry and superstition will be abolished, and there will be
one God, one faith, and one religion.... [ Continue Reading ]
All the land shall be turned (l) 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 to the place of the first gate, to the corner
gate, and [from] the tower of Hananeel to the king's winepresses.
(l) This new Jerusalem will... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] (m) a great tumult from
the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on (n)
the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand
of his neighbour.
(m) God will not only raise up war outside, but sedition at home to
t... [ Continue Reading ]
And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the
nations around shall be gathered together, (o) gold, and silver, and
apparel, in great abundance.
(o) The enemies are rich, and therefore will not come to entreat, but
to destroy and shed blood.... [ Continue Reading ]
And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel,
and of the donkey, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents,
as this (p) plague.
(p) As the men would be destroyed, (Zechariah 14:12).... [ Continue Reading ]
And if the family of (q) Egypt shall not go up, and shall not come,
that [have] no [rain]; there shall be the plague, with which the LORD
will smite the nations that come not up to keep the feast of
tabernacles.
(q) By the Egyptians, who were the greatest enemies to true religion,
he means all the... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day there shall be upon the (r) bells of the horses, HOLINESS
TO THE LORD; and the (s) pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the
bowls before the altar.
(r) Signifying to whatever service they were put now (whether to
labour, or to serve in war), they were now holy, because the Lord had
sa... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness to the LORD
of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and
boil in them: and in that day there shall be no more the (t) Canaanite
in the house of the LORD of hosts.
(t) But all will be pure and clean, and there will... [ Continue Reading ]