Zechariahchapter 14
21 verses · Zechariah · 520 to 518 BC · The Twelve
Original Language
Zechariah 14— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
In Jewish life
Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Zechariah 14. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.
The reading
The yearly cycle does not read Zechariah 14. The Haftarah is drawn from the Prophets a passage at a time rather than continuously, so most chapters of most prophetic books are never read in the service, and this is one of them.
The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →
Where the rabbis cite this chapter
5 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 5 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
His feet on the Mount of Olives, and the mountain splits1
Zechariah 14:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 14:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 14:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 14:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 14:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Living waters, and one LORD over all the earth6
Zechariah 14:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 14:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 14:8· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 14:9· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 14:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Zechariah 14:10
The whole earth shall be changed The whole earth shall be changed to be like a plain. The mountains will be lowered, and the whole world will be a plain; and Jerusalem will be a mountain, so that it should appear higher than everything [else in the world].
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Zechariah 14:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Zechariah 14:11
and there shall be no more destruction The city shall no longer be in ruins.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
A plague on everyone who fought against Jerusalem12
Zechariah 14:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Zechariah 14:12
his flesh will waste away while he still stands This denotes the falling off of the limbs.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Zechariah 14:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Zechariah 14:13
there will be great consternation, sent by the Lord upon them to confuse their wisdom, to bring them about to madness.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Zechariah 14:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Zechariah 14:14
Yea, even Judah against their will shall fight against Jerusalem.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Zechariah 14:15· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
All nations keep the feast, and even the pots are holy16
Zechariah 14:16· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 14:17· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 14:18· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 14:19· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 14:20· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 14:21· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
