Zechariah 14:14

"It will happen in that day that a great panic from the LORD will be among them; and they will each seize the hand of his neighbor, and his hand will rise up against the hand of his neighbor."

Key Reflection

This verse describes a catastrophic event where divine judgment causes widespread fear, leading to chaos as people turn against one another. It highlights how even those closest may become enemies in times of divine retribution, emphasizing the intensity of God's intervention and the resulting societal upheaval.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem -This seems more probable than the alternative rendering of the English margin, “against.” For Judah is united with Jerusalem as one, in the same contextZechariah 14:21; and, if it had shared with the pagan, it must also have shared their lot. It is Judah itself, not “a remnant of Judah,” as it is “every one that is left of all the nations”Zechariah 14:16, which is thus united to Jerusalem: it is that same Judah, as a whole, of which it is said, “it shall fight.” Nor is anything spoken of” conversion,” which is said of those left from the pagan nations, who had fought against her.

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