Zechariah 14:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

The plague wherewith

Their flesh

General references

Zechariah 14:15

Bible References

The plague wherewith

Then the Lord will go to battle and fight against those nations, just as he fought battles in ancient days.

So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."

O sovereign Lord, at your right hand he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger.

For look, the Lord comes with fire, his chariots come like a windstorm, to reveal his raging anger, his battle cry, and his flaming arrows.

On that day, when Gog invades the land of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord, my rage will mount up in my anger.

You will fall dead on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the people who are with you. I give you as food to every kind of bird and every wild beast.

For look! In those days and at that time I will return the exiles to Judah and Jerusalem.

Many nations have now assembled against you. They say, "Jerusalem must be desecrated, so we can gloat over Zion!"

Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, in the midst of many peoples. They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which attacks when it passes through; it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it.

Nations will see this and be disappointed by all their strength, they will put their hands over their mouths, and act as if they were deaf.

Then I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he shouted in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky: "Come, gather around for the great banquet of God,

Their flesh

"'If, in spite of all these things, you do not obey me, I will discipline you seven times more on account of your sins.

then the Lord will increase your punishments and those of your descendants -- great and long-lasting afflictions and severe, enduring illnesses.

And you will get a serious, chronic intestinal disease which will cause your intestines to come out."

Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you.

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

The locusts were not given permission to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and their torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person.

Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast so that darkness covered his kingdom, and people began to bite their tongues because of their pain.

The ten horns that you saw, and the beast -- these will hate the prostitute and make her desolate and naked. They will consume her flesh and burn her up with fire.

Repay her the same way she repaid others; pay her back double corresponding to her deeds. In the cup she mixed, mix double the amount for her.

General references

This is the kind of plague that will devastate horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the other animals in those camps.