The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem shall remain aloft on its site from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.
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
Here are, I. Blessings promised to Jerusalem, the gospel-Jerusalem, in the day of the Messiah, and to all the earth, by virtue of the blessings poured out on Jerusalem, especially to the land of Israel. 1. Jerusalem shall be a spring of living waters to the world; it was made so when there the Spirit was poured out upon the apostles, and thence the word...
Commenting on Zechariah 14:8-15
All the land shall be turned as a plain,.... That is, all the land of Israel round about Jerusalem, which was encompassed with mountains, Psa 125:2 but now these mountains shall become a plain, that that may be seen; since it follows, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; Geba was a city in the tribe of Benjamin, on the northern border of the land...