Zechariah 14:2

For I will gather kol HaGoyim against Yerushalayim for milchamah (battle, war); and HaIr (the city, Yerushalayim) shall be taken, and the batim (houses) plundered, and the women ravished; and half of HaIr shall go forth into the Golus (exile), and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from HaIr.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Hinei, a day cometh for Hashem, when the plunder taken from thee shall among thee be divided.

3Then shall Hashem go forth, and fight against those Goyim, as He fights in the Yom Krav (day of battle).

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Cross References

Isaiah 4:3And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Tziyon, and he that remaineth in Yerushalayim, shall be called kadosh, even every one that is hakatuv lachayyim + 4:3 see Ex 32:32; Ps 69:28; Dan 12:1; Mal 3:16 (recorded for life…Rosh Hashana theme) in Yerushalayim:

Isaiah 13:16Their olelim (infants) also shall be dashed to pieces 1 before their eyes; 1 their batim (houses) shall be looted, 1 and their nashim ravished. 1

Isaiah 65:18But be ye glad and rejoice forever 1 in that which I create; 1 for, hinei, I create Yerushalayim a rejoicing, 1 and her people a joy. 1

Lamentations 1:10The adversary hath spread out his hand 1 upon all her precious things; 1 for she hath seen how the Goyim 1 entered into her [Beis] Hamikdash, 1 whom Thou didst command that 1 they should not enter into Thy Kahal (congregation, community). 1

Daniel 2:40And the fourth mamlachah shall be strong as iron; forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things; and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and crush.

Amos 7:17Therefore thus saith Hashem: 1 Thy isha shall be a zonah in the city, 1 and thy banim and thy banot shall fall by the cherev, 1 and thy land shall be divided by line; 1 and thou shalt die in an adamah temei'ah (unclean land); 1 and Yisroel shall surely go forth of his land into golus (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 →

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