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Zechariah 14:15

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And a similar plague will strike the horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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 those camps, as that plague.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Zechariah 14

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass,.... The flesh of the horse is said to be eaten, Rev 19:18, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague, their beasts shall perish in like manner as themselves.

This site's exposition

consume away while they stand upon their feet

on Zechariah 14:12-15

The plague on the nations that fought Jerusalem is described at the body's own ruin, flesh, eyes, and tongue consuming away while the man still stands on his feet, a judgment the earlier verses do not explain further. The great tumult that follows, every man's hand rising against his neighbour, is read by the bench beside Gideon's rout of Midian, where the Lord set every man's sword against his fellow throughout the host (Judg 7:22), the same confusion turned against an enemy camp rather than Israel's own. Judah still fights at Jerusalem even inside a battle the Lord himself wins, wealth and beasts of the nations gathered in one sweeping plague that spares nothing that came up against the city.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Zechariah · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 15) And so there will be the destruction of horses, and mules, and camels, and donkeys, and all the livestock that were in those camps, just like this destruction. LXX: And this will be the destruction of horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all the livestock that were in those camps, in accordance with this destruction. And the Jews strive to fulfill this, according to their carnal interpretation.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, The inferior creatures often suffer for the sin of man and in his plagues. Thus God will show his indignation against sin, and will make the creature that is thus subject to vanity groan to be delivered into the glorious liberty of the children of God, Rom. viii. Threatenings and Promises;

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

And so shall be the plague of the Lord ... - Dionysius: “So, when God sendeth the plague, all the irrational animals of antichrist and his satellites shall perish as the aforesaid men, who used them, perished. For, for the sins of men, God, to their greater confusion, sometimes slays their beasts, sometimes also for their loving correction.” “The imagery is from the Mosaic law of the ban.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

So shall be the plague of the horse, and the mule - There shall be plagues on the substance of the enemies of the Church, as there were on the cattle and goods of the Egyptians.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

Yea, even Judah against their will shall fight against Jerusalem.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Zechariah 14:14:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְכֵ֨ןand thus

    vekhenH3651 →771 times

  • תִּֽהְיֶ֜הit will be

    tihyehH1961 →3559 times

  • מַגֵּפַ֣ת[the] plague of

    magefatH4046 →25 times

  • הַסּ֗וּסthe horse

    hasusH5483 →140 times

  • הַפֶּ֙רֶד֙the mule

    haperedH6505 →

  • הַגָּמָ֣לthe camel

    hagamalH1581 →

  • וְהַחֲמ֔וֹרand the donkey

    vehachamorH2543 →

  • וְכָ֨ל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • הַבְּהֵמָ֔הthe livestock

    habehemahH929 →190 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יִהְיֶ֖הit will be

    yihyehH1961 →3559 times

  • בַּמַּחֲנ֣וֹתin the camps

    bamachanotH4264 →

  • הָהֵ֑מָּה<the> those

    hahemahH1992 →553 times

  • כַּמַּגֵּפָ֖הlike the plague

    kamagefahH4046 →25 times

  • הַזֹּֽאת׃<the> this

    hazotH2063 →603 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Zechariah 14:12And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.3 worksZechariah 12:4On that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and every rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah, but I will strike with blindness all the horses of the nations.2 worksZechariah 14:18And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.2 worksGenesis 36:24These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.)0 works1 Thessalonians 4:14For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.-4 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Zechariah 14:12

    And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in…

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 39:17–20

      And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all…

    • Isaiah 66:15–16

      For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.

    • Micah 4:11–13

      But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

    • Micah 7:16–17

      Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.

    • Ezekiel 38:18–22

      Now on that day when Gog comes against the land of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, My wrath will flare up.

Where this verse is studied

About Zechariah

Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Zechariah: the study guide →Read Zechariah 14 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Zechariah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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