Zechariah 14:13

"This will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have fought against Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their tongue will consume away in their mouth."

Key Reflection

This verse depicts a divine judgment where enemies of Jerusalem will experience a gruesome physical decay while still standing, symbolizing the complete destruction of their resolve and vitality. The imagery suggests not just a temporary defeat but a lasting, terrifying consequence of opposing God's city and His people.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

A great tumult -And panic fear, such as God said He would send upon the Canaanites before IsraelDeuteronomy 7:23, or on Israel itself, if disobedientDeuteronomy 28:20; or which fell on the Philistines after Jonathan’s capture of the garrison at Michmash, when every man’s “sword was against his fellow” .

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