On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.
chapter 14 Lecture One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Zechariah 14:1, 2 1. Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 1. Ecce dies venit Iehovae, et dividentur spolia tua in medio tui. 2.
Commenting on Zechariah 14:1-21
God's providences concerning his church are here represented as strangely changing and strangely mixed. I. As strangely changing. Sometimes the tide runs high and strong against them, but presently it turns, and comes to be in favour of them; and God has, for wise and holy ends, set the one over against the other. 1. God here appears against Jerusalem; judgment begins at the house of God.
Commenting on Zechariah 14:1-7
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives,.... Where he often was in the days of his flesh, and from whence he ascended to heaven, Luk 21:37 but here he did not appear at the time of the destruction of Jerusalem; wherefore this must refer to a time to come; and seeing it is certain that he will stand in...