Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Zechariah 14

Zec 14:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

the day of the LORD

Day (of Jehovah). Zec 14:1-21; Mal 4:1-6. (Isa 2:10-22; Rev 19:11-21).

Zec 14:3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

fight against those nations

Armageddon (battle of). Zec 14:1-5; Mat 24:27, 28. (Rev 16:14; 19:21.)

Zec 14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

his feet

Isa 52:7.

shall stand

Christ (Second Advent). Mat 19:28. (Deu 30:3; Acts 1:9-11.)

the mount of Olives shall cleave

Zec 14:5 implies that the cleavage of the Mount of Olives is due to an earthquake, and this is confirmed by Isa 29:6; Rev 16:19. In both passages the context, as in Zec 14:1-3 associates the earthquake with the Gentile invasion under the Beast (Dan 7:8; Rev 19:20). Surely, in a land seamed by seismic disturbances it should not be difficult to believe that another earthquake might cleave the little hill called the Mount of Olives. Not one of the associated events of Zec 14 occurred at the first coming of Christ, closely associated though He then was with the Mount of Olives.

Zec 14:5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

the earthquake

Amo 1:1.

Zec 14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

king over all the earth

The final answer to the prayer of Mat 6:10. Cf. Daniel 2:44, 45; 7:24-27. See "Kingdom (N.T.)" (Scofield Luke 1:31-33; 1 Corinthians 15:28).

Zec 14:14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.

heathen [See also Zec 14:18.]

i.e. nations.

Zec 14:16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

the King

Kingdom (O.T.). Zec 14:16-21; Zec 12:6-8. (Gen 1:26; Zec 12:8).

Zec 14:20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar.

bells

Or bridles.

HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD

Isa 23:18.

Zec 14:21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.

no more the Canaanite

Isa 35:8; Joe 3:17; Rev 21:27; 22:15.

in the house of the LORD of hosts

Eph 2:19-22.