Zechariah 14:12-15

Destruction of the hostile nations, 12-15.

While Jerusalem and the Jews will be exalted and glorified, Jehovah will utterly destroy all the nations that have dared to lift their hands against the holy city. Some will be destroyed by pestilence (Zechariah 14:12; Zechariah 14:15), some will be slain in the confusion that is produced among the hostile armies at the blows of Jehovah (Zechariah 14:13), some will be cut off by the inhabitants of Judah, who then will be enriched by the spoil. Zechariah 14:15 forms the natural continuation of Zechariah 14:12; therefore several recent commentators consider Zechariah 14:13-14 a later insertion. If they are original, a more logical order would be Zechariah 14:12; Zechariah 14:15; Zechariah 14:13-14. A disastrous pestilence strikes the camp (Zechariah 14:12; Zechariah 14:15), which produces panic and confusion (Zechariah 14:13); when this is seen by the Jews they rush against the enemies, cut them down, and take to themselves their possessions (Zechariah 14:14).