Bible Commentaries

Isaiah 2:12, 13:6,9, Joel 2:31, 3:14, Malachi 4:5, Acts 2:20, Revelation 16:14

gather

Deuteronomy 28:9-14, Isaiah 5:26, Jeremiah 34:1, Daniel 2:40-43, Joel 3:2, Matthew 22:7, Luke 2:1

the city

Matthew 23:37,38, 24:15,16, Mark 13:14,19, Luke 19:43,44, 21:20-24

the houses

Isaiah 13:16, Lamentations 1:10, 5:11,12, Amos 7:17, Matthew 24:19-21

the residue

Luke 21:24

shall not

13:8,9, Isaiah 65:6-9,18, Matthew 24:22, Romans 9:27-29, Galatians 4:26,27

2:8,9, 10:4,5, 12:2-6,9, Isaiah 63:1-6, 66:15,16, Daniel 2:34,35,44,45, Joel 3:2,9-17, Zephaniah 3:19, Haggai 2:21,22, Revelation 6:4-17, 8:7-13

as

Exodus 15:1-6, Joshua 10:42, 2 Chronicles 20:15

his feet

7, Ezekiel 11:23, 43:2, Acts 1:11,12

cleave

4:7, Isaiah 64:1,2, Micah 1:3,4, Nahum 1:5,6, Habakkuk 3:6, Mark 11:23

a very

10, Joel 3:12-14

half of the

Ezekiel 47:1-12

the mountains

or, my mountains. for the, etc. or, when he shall touch the valley of the mountains to the place he separated. ye shall flee.

Numbers 16:34, Revelation 11:13, 16:18-21

ye fled

Isaiah 29:6, Amos 1:1

the Lord

Psalms 96:13, 97:4-6, 98:9, Isaiah 64:1-3, 66:15,16, Daniel 7:9-14,21-27, Matthew 16:27, 24:3,27-31, 25:31, Mark 13:26,27, Luke 21:27, 2 Thessalonians 2:8, James 5:8, Jude 1:14,15, Revelation 6:16,17, 20:4,11

and all

Deuteronomy 33:2, Joel 3:11, 1 Thessalonians 3:13, 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10

that the

"That is, it shall not be clear in some places, and dark in other places of the world."

not

Psalms 97:10,11, 112:4, Proverbs 4:18,19, Isaiah 50:10, 60:1-3, Hosea 6:3, Luke 1:78,79, John 1:5, 12:46, Ephesians 5:8-14, Colossians 1:12, 2 Peter 1:19, Revelation 11:3,15

clear

Heb. precious. dark. Heb. thickness.

it shall be one day

or, the day shall be one.

Revelation 21:23, 22:5

which

Psalms 37:18, Matthew 24:36, Mark 13:32, Acts 1:7, 15:18, 17:26,31, 1 Thessalonians 5:2

at

Isaiah 9:7, 11:9, 30:26, 60:19,20, Daniel 12:4, Hosea 3:5, Revelation 11:15, 14:6, Revelation 20:2-4, 21:3

living

Ezekiel 47:1-12, Joel 3:18, Luke 24:47, John 4:10,14, 7:38, Revelation 22:1,2,17

former

or, eastern.

Joel 2:20

in summer

Isaiah 35:7, 41:17,18, 49:10, 58:11, Revelation 7:16,17

the Lord

8:20-23, Genesis 49:10, 1 Samuel 2:10, Psalms 2:6-8, 22:27-31, 47:2-9, 67:4, Psalms 72:8-11,17, 86:9, Isaiah 2:2-4, 45:22-25, 49:6,7, 54:5, 60:12-14, Daniel 2:44,45, 7:27, Amos 9:12, Micah 4:1-3, 5:4, Zephaniah 3:9, Revelation 11:15

one Lord

Ephesians 4:5,6

and

Jeremiah 23:6, Matthew 1:23, 28:19, Ephesians 3:14,15

the land

4:6,7, Isaiah 40:3,4, Luke 3:4-6

turned

or, compassed. from Geba.

Joshua 21:17, 1 Kings 15:22, Isaiah 10:29

Rimmon

Joshua 15:32, Judges 20:45,47, 21:13, 1 Chronicles 4:32, 6:77

inhabited

or, shall abide.

2:4, 12:6, Jeremiah 30:18

from Benjamin's

2 Chronicles 25:23, Nehemiah 3:1, 12:39, Jeremiah 31:38-40, 37:13, 38:7

there

Numbers 21:3, Isaiah 60:18, Jeremiah 31:40, Ezekiel 37:26, Joel 3:17,20, Amos 9:15, Revelation 21:4, 22:3

shall be safely inhabited

or, shall abide.

2:4, 8:4,8, Isaiah 26:1, 66:22, Jeremiah 23:5,6, 33:15,16, Ezekiel 34:22-29

the plague wherewith

3, 12:9, Psalms 110:5,6, Isaiah 34:1-17, 66:15,16, Ezekiel 38:18-22, Ezekiel 39:4-6,17-20, Joel 3:1,2, Micah 4:11-13, 5:8,9, 7:16,17, Revelation 16:1-21, 19:17-21

Their flesh

Leviticus 26:18,21,24,28, Deuteronomy 28:59, 2 Chronicles 21:15,18,19, Psalms 90:11, Acts 12:23, Revelation 9:5,6, 16:10,11,21, 17:16, 18:6-8

a great

12:4, Judges 7:22, 1 Samuel 14:15-23, 2 Chronicles 20:22-24, Ezekiel 38:21, Revelation 17:12-17

Judah also shall

or, thou also, O Judah, shalt, etc.

10:4,5, 12:5-7

at

or, against. and the.

2 Kings 7:6-18, 2 Chronicles 14:13-15, 20:25-27, Isaiah 23:18, Ezekiel 39:9,10,17-20

Zechariah 14:12

that every

8:20-23, 9:7, Isaiah 60:6-9, 66:18-21,23, Joel 2:32, Acts 15:17, Romans 9:23,24, 11:5,16,26, Revelation 11:13,15-17

the King

17, Psalms 24:7-10, Isaiah 6:5, Jeremiah 46:18, 48:15, 51:57, Malachi 1:14, Luke 19:38, John 1:49, Philippians 2:9-11, Revelation 19:16

and to

18,19, Leviticus 23:33-36,43, Numbers 29:12-38, Deuteronomy 16:13-16, 31:10-13, 2 Chronicles 7:8-10, 8:13, Ezra 3:4, Nehemiah 8:14-18, Hosea 12:9, John 7:2,37-39

that

Psalms 2:8-12, 110:5,6, Isaiah 45:23, 60:12, Jeremiah 10:25, Romans 14:10,11

all

Genesis 10:32, 12:3, 28:14, Amos 3:2, Acts 17:26,27

even

Deuteronomy 11:17, 28:23,24, 1 Kings 8:35, 17:1, 2 Chronicles 6:26, 7:13, Isaiah 5:6, Jeremiah 14:4,22, Amos 4:7,8, James 5:17, Revelation 11:6

that have no

Heb. upon whom there is not.

Deuteronomy 11:10,11

punishment

or, sin.

John 3:19

shall there

Proverbs 21:3,4, Isaiah 23:18, Obadiah 1:17, Zephaniah 2:11, Malachi 1:11, Luke 11:41, Acts 10:15, Acts 10:28, 11:9, 15:9, Romans 14:17,18, Colossians 3:17,22-24, Titus 1:15,16, 1 Peter 4:11

bells

or, bridles.

Exodus 28:33-35

HOLINESS

Exodus 28:36, 39:30, Leviticus 8:9, Psalms 110:3, 1 Corinthians 3:16,17, 1 Peter 2:5,9, Revelation 1:6, Revelation 5:10, 20:6

and the

Leviticus 6:28, 1 Samuel 2:14, Ezekiel 46:20-24

the bowls

9:15, Exodus 25:29, 37:16, Numbers 4:7,14, 7:13,19,84,85, 2 Chronicles 4:8; *marg:

every

7:6, Deuteronomy 12:7,12, Nehemiah 8:10, Romans 14:6,7, 1 Corinthians 10:31, 1 Timothy 4:3-5

no more

Isaiah 4:3, 35:8, Ezekiel 44:9, Hosea 12:7; *marg:; Joel 3:17, Matthew 21:12,13, Mark 11:15-17, John 2:15,16, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Revelation 18:11-15, 21:27, 22:15

in the

Ephesians 2:19-22, 1 Timothy 3:15, Hebrews 3:6, 1 Peter 4:17, The predictions contained in this chapter seem to relate to events which gradually extend from the death of Christ to the glorious days of the millennium:--the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, whose armies were composed of many nations, which was "the day of the Lord," in which he came "to destroy those who would not that he should reign over them," (ver. 1, 2;) the subversion of the Roman empire, after being the executioners of the Divine vengeance on the Jews, by God's stirring up the barbarous nations to invade them, (ver. 3;) the effusion of Divine knowledge from Jerusalem, by the promulgation of the Gospel, (ver. 4-9;) the rebuilding and replenishing of Jerusalem, (ver. 10, 11;) the destruction of the nations who shall fight against her, (ver. 12-15;) the conversion of the remnant of those nations to the Lord, (ver. 16-19;) and the peace and purity of the universal church in the latter days, (ver. 20, 21.)