Zechariah 14:15 BSB

Zechariah 14:15

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

BSB

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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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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

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 Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְכֵ֨ן	ve.Khen	and thus	H3651 →
תִּֽהְיֶ֜ה	tih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →
מַגֵּפַ֣ת	ma.ge.Fat	[the] plague of	H4046 →
הַסּ֗וּס	ha.Sus	the horse	H5483 →
הַפֶּ֙רֶד֙	ha.Pe.red	the mule	H6505 →
הַגָּמָ֣ל	ha.ga.Mal	the camel	H1581 →
וְהַחֲמ֔וֹר	ve.ha.cha.Mor	and the donkey	H2543 →
וְכָ֨ל־	ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה	ha.be.he.Mah	the livestock	H929 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
יִהְיֶ֖ה	yih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →
בַּמַּחֲנ֣וֹת	ba.ma.cha.Not	in the camps	H4264 →
הָהֵ֑מָּה	ha.He.mah	<the> those	H1992 →
כַּמַּגֵּפָ֖ה	ka.ma.ge.Fah	like the plague	H4046 →
הַזֹּֽאת׃	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →

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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…
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.