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Zechariah 14 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Zechariah 14, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Zechariah 14 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם Yᵉrûwshâlaim H3389 10 Jerushalaim, Jerushalem
חֵצִי chêtsîy H2677 6 half, middle
מַגֵּפָה maggêphâh H4046 4 pestilence, defeat
גּוֹי gôwy H1471 6 nation, a Gentile
עָלָה ʻâlâh H5927 6 ascend, high
צָבָא tsâbâʼ H6633 5 mass, army
הַר har H2022 5 mountain, range

How preachers through history handled this text

23 public-domain excerpts on Zechariah 14, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 15 Matthew Henry 4 Spurgeon 3 John Wesley 1

“As it is impossible for all nations literally to come to Jerusalem once a year, to keep a feast, it is evident that a figurative meaning must here be applied. Gospel worship is represented by the keeping of the feast of tabernacles. Every day of a Christian's life is a day of the feast of tabernacles; every Lord's day especially is the great day of the feast; therefore every day let us worship the Lord of hosts, and keep every Lord's day with peculiar solemnity. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Zechariah 14:16–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Jerusalem — Zech 14:1
  • Arabah — Zech 14:10
  • Benjamin Gate — Zech 14:10
  • Corner Gate — Zech 14:10
  • Geba 3 — Zech 14:10

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