Zechariah 14:2

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Zechariah 14:2

Matthew 22:7

The king became furious and sent his army to destroy these murderers and burn their city.

"O, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [you people] who murdered the prophets and stoned those who were sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather you people together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

Matthew 24:15-16

"Therefore, when you see that disgusting thing which causes total destruction [i.e., the Roman armies. See Luke 21:20], which Daniel the prophet spoke about [Dan. 9:27; 11:31; 12:11], standing in the sacred place [i.e., Jerusalem and especially the Temple area], (let the reader understand [what is meant by this]),

Matthew 24:19-22

It will be too bad for those who are pregnant and who are nursing babies in those days.

Mark 13:14

"But when you see that disgusting thing that causes total destruction [i.e., the Roman army. See Luke 21:20] standing where it ought not to be [i.e., surrounding the besieged city of Jerusalem], (let the reader understand [what is meant by this]), then those of you in Judea are to run away into the [nearby] mountains.

Mark 13:19

There will be great trouble during those days, such as had never been from the beginning of God's creation until the present, or even will be [in the days to come].

Luke 2:1

Now it happened in those days that a decree was sent out from Caesar Augustus [the Emperor of the Roman Empire] requiring [people from] the whole empire to be registered [i.e., for taxation purposes].

Luke 19:43-44

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build a dirt wall around you, surrounding you, and hemming you in on every side.

Luke 21:20-24

"So, when you see Jerusalem surrounded by [Roman] armies, then you will know that her total destruction is near.

Romans 9:27-29

And Isaiah declares about [the nation of] Israel [Isa. 10:22-23], "[Even] if the number of Israelites were [as many] as the grains of sand in the ocean, [still only] a small minority will be saved.

Galatians 4:26-27

But the heavenly Jerusalem [Heb. 12:22] consists of free people, and is the mother of us [Christians].

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Zechariah 14:2

For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

Gather

Matthew 22:7

Luke 2:1

The city

Luke 21:20

The houses

Matthew 24:19

The residue

Luke 21:24

Shall not

Matthew 24:22

Romans 9:27

Galatians 4:26

General references

Matthew 23:38

Matthew 24:21

Bible References

Gather

The king became furious and sent his army to destroy these murderers and burn their city.

The city

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build a dirt wall around you, surrounding you, and hemming you in on every side.

"So, when you see Jerusalem surrounded by [Roman] armies, then you will know that her total destruction is near.

The houses

It will be too bad for those who are pregnant and who are nursing babies in those days.

The residue

And people will die by the sword and be led captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled on by the [unconverted] Gentiles [i.e., by the Romans and later by others] until the times of [domination by] the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Shall not

And if those days had not been as short as they were no one would have been saved [i.e., from the devastating destruction]. But for the sake of the elect [i.e., God's people], those days will be short.

And Isaiah declares about [the nation of] Israel [Isa. 10:22-23], "[Even] if the number of Israelites were [as many] as the grains of sand in the ocean, [still only] a small minority will be saved.

But the heavenly Jerusalem [Heb. 12:22] consists of free people, and is the mother of us [Christians].

General references

Look, your house [i.e., the Jewish Temple] is being abandoned [by me?].

There will be great trouble [during these times], such as had never been from the beginning of time up to the present, or ever will be [in the days to come].