Zechariah 14:1

Behold, a day of the LORD cometh, when thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

In Context

2For 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, but the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:6Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Joel 2:31(3-4) The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.

Zephaniah 1:7Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD; for the day of the LORD is at hand, for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, He hath consecrated His guests.

Malachi 4:5(3-23) Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 14:1

Divers things were foretold, in the two foregoing chapters, which should come to pass "in that day;" this chapter speaks of a "day of the Lord that cometh," a day of his judgment, and ten times in the foregoing chapters, and seven times in this, it is repeated, "in that day;" but what that day is that is here meant is uncertain, and perhaps will be so (as the Jews speak) till Elias comes; whether it refer to the whole period of time from the prophet's days to the days of the Messiah, or to some particular events… Read the whole commentary →

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