Zechariah 14:16

"A plague like this will fall on the horse, on the mule, on the camel, on the donkey, and on all the animals that will be in those camps."

Key Reflection

Zechariah 14:16 describes a severe judgment that will affect not only humans but also their livestock, including horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and other animals within the camps. This plague is part of a broader vision of divine retribution, indicating that even the animals will suffer as punishment for their role in opposing Jerusalem or God's people. This imagery underscores the comprehensive nature of God’s judgment and its impact on all created beings, highlighting both the severity and the universality of divine intervention in historical and eschatological contexts.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Every one that is left of the nations -God so gives the repentance, even through His visitations, that, in proportion to the largeness of the rebellion and the visitation upon it, shall be the largeness of the conversion. “Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles shall be fulfilled”Luke 21:24. And Paul, “Blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles shall be come in; and so all Israel shall be saved”Romans 11:25-26. Hitherto prophets had spoken of a “remnant” of Jacob, who should “return to the mighty God”Isaiah 10:21, and should be saved; now, upon this universal rebellion of the pagan.

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