And it shall be inhabited, for there shall never again be a decree of utter destruction. Jerusalem shall dwell in security.
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
And men shall dwell in it,.... In great numbers, in much peace and safety, and from generation to generation: Aben Ezra says, Messiah the son of David will now come: and there shall be no more utter destruction; no wars, nor desolations by them, in a civil sense; there shall be no more killing, as the Targum, Isa 2:4 no "cherem", no anathema, in a...