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What Does Zechariah 14:16 Mean?

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Context

14

And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. Judah: or, thou also, O Judah shalt at: or, against

15

And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.

16

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

17

And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.

18

And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. that have no: Heb. upon whom there is not

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**7. all hot--**All burn with eagerness to cause universal disturbance (2Ki 15:1-38). **devoured their judges--**magistrates; as the fire of the oven devours the fuel. **all their kings ... fallen--**See on Ho 7:1. **none ... calleth unto me--**Such is their perversity that amid all these national calamities, none seeks help from Me (Is 9:13; 64:7).

Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.

Historical Context

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