Zechariah 14:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

And when that king heard of it, he was angry, and sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

And it came to pass in those days, that there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the inhabitants of the land should be enrolled.

The city

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets and stonest those who are sent to thee, how often have I desired to gather thy children together, as a bird gathers her young under her wings, and you refused.

When, therefore, you see that detestable thing that makes desolate, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, (let him that reads understand;)

But when you see that detestable thing that makes desolate, which is spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that reads understand,) then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;

For the days will come upon thee, when thy enemies will throw up a mound about thee, and inclose thee around, and keep thee in on every side,

But when you shall see Jerusalem besieged by armies, then know that its desolation is near.

The houses

But alas for those who are with child, and those who give suck in those days!

The residue

And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive among all nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

Shall not

And unless those days should be made few, no flesh could be saved. But on account of the elect those days shall be made few.

But Isaiah cries concerning Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

But Jerusalem which is above is free; and she is the mother of us all.

General references

Behold, your house is left to you deserted.

for then shall be great affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the world till now, nor shall ever be.