Zechariah 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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
feet	רַגְלָ֣יו rag.Lav	H7272	a foot (as used in walking) · noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
stand	וְעָמְד֣וּ ve.'a.me.Du	H5975	to stand · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
day	בַּיּוֹם bai.yom-	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
mount	הַ֨ר har	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · noun, common masculine singular construct
Olives	הַזֵּתִ֜ים ha.ze.Tim	H2132	an olive (as yielding illuminating oil) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
before	פְּנֵ֥י pe.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · noun, common masculine plural construct

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Cross-references

Micah 1:3-4 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
Ezekiel 11:23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
Acts 1:11-12 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so co…
Joel 3:12-14 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
Zechariah 14:7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be li…
Zechariah 14:10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from…
Isaiah 64:1-2 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Nahum 1:5-6 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 14:1-7

God's providences concerning his church are here represented as strangely changing and strangely mixed. I. As strangely changing. Sometimes the tide runs high and strong against them, but presently it turns, and comes to be in favour of them; and God has, for wise and holy ends, set the one over against the other. 1. God here appears against Jerusalem; judgment begins at the house of God. When the day of the Lord comes (Zac 14:1) Jerusalem must pass through the fire to be refined. God himself gathers all nations against Jerusalem to battle (Zac 14:2); he gives them a charge, as he did Sennacherib, to take the spoil and to take the prey (Isa 10:6), for the people of Jerusalem have now become…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 14:4

The object of the cleaving of the mount in two by a fissure or valley (a prolongation of the valley of Jehoshaphat, and extending from Jerusalem on the west towards Jordan, eastward) is to open a way of escape to the besieged (compare Joe 3:12, Joe 3:14). Half the divided mount is thereby forced northward, half southward; the valley running between. The place of His departure at His ascension shall be the place of His return: and the "manner" of His return also shall be similar (Act 1:11). He shall probably "come from the east" (Mat 24:27). He so made His triumphal entry into the city from the Mount of Olives from the east (Mat 21:1-10). This was the scene of His agony: so it shall be the sc…

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Adam Clarke on Zechariah 14:4

And his feet shall stand - He shall appear in full possession of the place, as a mighty conqueror. And the mount of Olives shall cleave - God shall display his miraculous power as fully in the final restoration of the Jews, as he did when he divided the Red Sea that their forefathers might pass through dry-shod. Some refer this to the destruction of the city by the Romans. It was on the mount of Olives that Titus posted his army to batter Jerusalem. Here the tenth legion that came to him from Jericho was placed. Joseph. De Bello, lib. 6 c. 3. It was from this mountain that our Lord beheld Jerusalem, and predicted its future destruction, Luk 19:41, with Mat 24:23; and it was from this mountai…

The Church Fathers

But it might happen that he should sit upon a foal; give us rather a sign where the king who enters will stand. Give us a sign not far from the city, that it may not be unknown to us; give us a sign nearby and clearly visible, that being in the city we may behold the place. Again the prophet answers, saying, "That day his feet shall rest upon the Mount of Olives, which is opposite Jerusalem to the east." Is it possible for anyone standing within the city not to behold the place?
— Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lecture 12:11

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Dictionary and topics

Earthquake — Mentioned among the extraordinary phenomena of Palestine (Ps. 18:7; comp. Hab. 3:6; Nah. 1:5; Isa. 5:25). The first earthquake in Palestine of which we have any record happened in the reign of Ahab…
Olives, Mount Of — “The Mount of Olives” occurs in the Old Testament in (Zechariah 14:4) only. In (2 Samuel 15:30) it is called “Olivet;” in other places simply “the mount,” (Nehemiah 8:15) “the mount facing Jerusalem”…
Olves, Mount of — So called from the olive trees with which its sides are clothed, is a mountain ridge on the east of Jerusalem (1 Kings 11:7; Ezek. 11:23; Zech. 14:4), from which it is separated by the valley of…
Earthquakes · Frequently accompanied by: Overturning of mountains — Frequently accompanied by: Overturning of mountains
Jews, The · Promises respecting: That Christ shall appear amongst — Promises respecting: That Christ shall appear amongst

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Zechariah 14:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 14:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 14:4

Adam Clarke on Zechariah 14:4

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Zechariah 14:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 14:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 14:4

Adam Clarke on Zechariah 14:4

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Zechariah 14:4

John Calvin on Zechariah 14:4

Keil & Delitzsch on Zechariah 14:1-5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Zechariah 14:4

Rashi on Zechariah 14:4