8. living waters— (Ezekiel 47:1; Joel 3:18). former sea—that is, the front, or east, which Orientalists face in taking the points of the compass; the Dead Sea. hinder sea—the west or Mediterranean. summer . . . winter—neither dried up by heat, nor frozen by cold; ever flowing. read more
9. king over all . . . earth— Isaiah 54:5 implies that this is to be the consequence of Israel being again recognized by God as His own people (Daniel 2:44; Revelation 11:15). one Lord . . . name one—Not that He is not so already, but He shall then be recognized by all unanimously as "One." Now there are "gods many and lords many." Then Jehovah alone shall be worshipped. The manifestation of the unity of the Godhead shall be simultaneous with that of the unity of the Church. Believers are one... read more
10. turned—or, "changed round about": literally, "to make a circuit." The whole hilly land round Jerusalem, which would prevent the free passage of the living waters, shall be changed so as to be "as a (or the) plain" ( :-). from Geba to Rimmon—Geba (2 Kings 23:8) in Benjamin, the north border of Judah. Rimmon, in Simeon (2 Kings 23:8- :), the south border of Judah; not the Rimmon northeast of Michmash. "The plain from Geba to Rimmon" (that is, from one boundary to the other) is the Arabah or... read more
11. no more utter destruction— (Jeremiah 31:40). Literally, "no more curse" (Revelation 22:3; compare Malachi 4:6), for there will be no more sin. Temporal blessings and spiritual prosperity shall go together in the millennium: long life (Malachi 4:6- :), peace (Isaiah 2:4), honor (Isaiah 60:14-16), righteous government (Isaiah 54:14; Isaiah 60:18). Judgment, as usual, begins at the house of God, but then falls fatally on Antichrist, whereon the Church obtains perfect liberty. The last day will... read more
12. Punishment on the foe, the last Antichristian confederacy (Isaiah 59:18; Isaiah 66:24; Ezekiel 38:1-39; Revelation 19:17-21). A living death: the corruption (Isaiah 66:24- :) of death combined in ghastly union with the conscious sensibility of life. Sin will be felt by the sinner in all its loathsomeness, inseparably clinging to him as a festering, putrid body. read more
13. tumult—consternation (Zechariah 12:4; 1 Samuel 14:15; 1 Samuel 14:20). lay hold . . . on . . . hand of . . . neighbour—instinctively grasping it, as if thereby to be safer, but in vain [MENOCHIUS]. Rather, in order to assail "his neighbor" [CALVIN], (Ezekiel 38:21). Sin is the cause of all quarrels on earth. It will cause endless quarrels in hell (James 3:15; James 3:16). read more
14. Judah . . . fight at Jerusalem—namely, against the foe: not against Jerusalem, as MAURER translates in variance with the context. As to the spoil gained from the foe, compare Ezekiel 39:10; Ezekiel 39:17. read more
15. The plague shall affect the very beasts belonging to the foe. A typical foretaste of all this befell Antiochus Epiphanes and his host at Jerusalem (1 Maccabees 13:49; 2 Maccabees 9:5). read more
16. every one . . . left— (Isaiah 66:19; Isaiah 66:23). God will conquer all the foes of the Church. Some He will destroy; others He will bring into willing subjection. from year to year—literally, "from the sufficiency of a year in a year." feast of tabernacles—The other two great yearly feasts, passover and pentecost, are not specified, because, their antitypes having come, the types are done away with. But the feast of tabernacles will be commemorative of the Jews' sojourn, not merely forty... read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 14:7
7. one day—a day altogether unique, different from all others [MAURER]. Compare "one," that is, unique (Song of Solomon 6:9; Jeremiah 30:7). Not as HENDERSON explains, "One continuous day, without night" (Revelation 22:5; Revelation 21:25); the millennial period (Revelation 20:3-7). known to . . . Lord—This truth restrains man's curiosity and teaches us to wait the Lord's own time (Matthew 24:36). not day, nor night—answering to "not . . . clear nor . . . dark" (Matthew 24:36- :); not... read more