Zechariah 14:12

And this shall be the overthrow with which the Lord will smite all the nations, as many as have fought against Jerusalem; their flesh shall consume away while they are standing upon their feet, and their eyes shall melt out of their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

In Context

11they shall dwell + 14:11 Alex. in it.in the city; and there shall be no more any curse, and Jerusalem shall dwell securely.

13And there shall be in that day a great + 14:13 Alex. astonishment.panic from the Lord upon them; and they shall lay hold every man of the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall be clasped with the hand of his neighbour.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:16then will I do thus to you: I will even bring upon you perplexity and the itch, and the fever that causes your eyes to waste away, and disease that consumes your life; and ye shall sow your seeds in vain, and your enemies shall eat them.

Leviticus 26:21And if after this ye should walk perversely, and not be willing to obey me, I will further bring upon you seven plagues according to your sins.

Leviticus 26:28then will I walk with you with a froward mind, and I will chasten you sevenfold according to your sins.

Deuteronomy 28:59then the Lord shall magnify thy plagues, and the plagues of thy seed, great and wonderful plagues, and evil and abiding diseases.

2 Chronicles 21:18And after all these things the Lord smote him in the bowels with an incurable disease.

Psalms 110:5He has given food to them that fear him: he will remember his covenant for ever.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 14:9-16

Blessings Promised to the Church; Judgments Threatened. ( b. c. 500.) 8 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. 9 And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord , and his name one. 10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from… Read the whole commentary →

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