Zechariah 14:2
I will bring together all the nations to attack Jerusalem. The city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the population will be taken into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
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3Then the Lord will go out to fight against the nations as he fights in times of war.
Cross References
Isaiah 4:3Everyone who remains in Zion will be called holy—all of those who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem—
Isaiah 13:16Their little children will be dashed to pieces as they watch, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be raped.
Isaiah 65:18Be glad, and be happy forever and ever in what I'm going to create, for I will make Jerusalem a delightful place, and its people a real joy.
Lamentations 1:10The invader has stolen all her treasures. She even had to watch as heathen nations went into her sanctuary, people you had forbidden to enter.
Daniel 2:40The fourth kingdom will be strong as iron and in the same way that iron crushes and smashes everything—it will crush and smash all others.
Amos 7:17But this is what the Lord says: Your wife will become a prostitute in the city; your sons and daughters will be killed by the sword. Your land will be measured and divided up, and you yourself will die in a foreign land. The people of Israel will definitely be taken from the land and go into exile.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 14:2-8
Persecution of the Church; Judgments and Mercies; Encouraging Prospects. ( b. c. 500.) 1 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in… Read the whole commentary →