Zechariah 14 · Verse 12

Zechariah 14:12

And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
Zechariah 14:12, King James Version

Zechariah 14:12 in other translations

BSBAnd 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.
WEBThis will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have fought against Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their tongue will consume away in their mouth.
ASVAnd this shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
YLTAnd this is the plague with which Jehovah Doth plague all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem, He hath consumed away its flesh, And it is standing on its feet, And its eyes are consumed in their holes, And its tongue is consumed in their mouth.
DARBYAnd this shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
BBEAnd this will be the disease which the Lord will send on all the peoples which have been warring against Jerusalem: their flesh will be wasted away while they are on their feet, their eyes will be wasted in their heads and their tongues in their mouths.
WebsterAnd this shall be the plague with which the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

What does Zechariah 14:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. Punishment on the foe, the last Antichristian confederacy (Is 59:18; 66:24; Eze 38:1-39:29; Re 19:17-21). A living death: the corruption (Ga 6:8) of death combined in ghastly union with the conscious sensibility of life. Sin will be felt by the sinner in all its loathsomeness, inseparably clinging to him as a festering, putrid body.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 And this shall be the plague - All her enemies shall be destroyed. Their flesh shall consume away - These are the effects of famine which are described in this verse.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 14:8-15

Some consider that the progress of the gospel, beginning from Jerusalem, is referred to by the living waters flowing from that city. Neither shall the gospel and means of grace, nor the graces of the Spirit wrought in the hearts of believers by those means, ever fail, by reason either of the heat of persecution, or storms of temptation, or the blasts of any other affliction. Tremendous judgments appear to be…

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Zechariah 14:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְזֹ֣את\׀ve.Zotand thisH2063
תִּֽהְיֶ֣הtih.Yehit will beH1961
הַמַּגֵּפָ֗הha.ma.ge.Fahthe plagueH4046
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834
יִגֹּ֤ףyi.Gofhe will strikeH5062
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָ֣עַמִּ֔יםha.'a.Mimthe peoplesH5971
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
צָבְא֖וּtza.ve.'Uthey have waged warH6633
עַל\־'al-onH5921
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
הָמֵ֣ק\׀ha.Mekhe will cause to rotH4743
בְּשָׂר֗וֹbe.sa.Roflesh itsH1320
וְהוּא֙ve.Hu'and itH1931
עֹמֵ֣ד'o.Med[is] standingH5975
עַל\־'al-onH5921
רַגְלָ֔יוrag.Lavfeet itsH7272
וְעֵינָיו֙ve.'ei.Navand eyes itsH5869
תִּמַּ֣קְנָהti.Mak.nahthey will rotH4743
בְחֹֽרֵיהֶ֔ןve.cho.rei.Henin sockets theirH2356
וּלְשׁוֹנ֖וֹu.le.sho.Noand tongue itsH3956
תִּמַּ֥קti.Makit will rotH4743
בְּפִיהֶֽם\׃be.fi.Hemin mouth theirH6310

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Zechariah 14:12

  • Ezekiel 39:17-20

    And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord God.

  • Isaiah 66:15-16

    For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.

  • Micah 4:11-13

    Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

  • Psalms 90:11

    Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

  • Psalms 110:5-6

    The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

  • Micah 7:16-17

    The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.

  • Ezekiel 38:18-22

    And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face. For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man’s sword shall be against his brother. …

  • Zechariah 12:9

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

  • Isaiah 34:1-17

    Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. …

  • 2 Chronicles 21:15

    And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.

  • Leviticus 26:24

    Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.

  • Leviticus 26:16

    I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the plague wherewith.
3; 12:9; Ps 110:5,6; Isa 34:1-17; 66:15,16; Eze 38:18-22
Eze 39:4-6,17-20; Joe 3:1,2; Mic 4:11-13; 5:8,9; 7:16,17
Re 16:1-21; 19:17-21
Their flesh.
Le 26:18,21,24,28; De 28:59; 2Ch 21:15,18,19; Ps 90:11; Ac 12:23
Re 9:5,6; 16:10,11,21; 17:16; 18:6-8

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Context

  • Zechariah 14:11

    And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

  • Zechariah 14:12

    And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

  • Zechariah 14:13

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the Lord shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.

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Zechariah 14:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y esta será la plaga con que herirá Jehová á todos los pueblos que pelearon contra Jerusalem: la carne de ellos se disolverá estando ellos sobre sus pies, y se consumirán sus ojos en sus cuencas, y su lengua se les deshará en su boca.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et c’est ici la plaie dont l’ Éternel frappera tous les peuples qui auront fait la guerre contre Jérusalem: leur chair se fondra tandis qu’ils seront debout sur leurs pieds, et leurs yeux se fondront dans leurs orbites, et leur langue se fondra dans leur bouche.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und dies wird die Plage sein, womit Jehova alle Völker plagen wird, welche gegen Jerusalem Krieg geführt haben: Er wird eines jeden Fleisch verwesen lassen, während er auf seinen Füßen steht, und seine Augen werden verwesen in ihren Höhlen, und seine Zunge wird in seinem Munde verwesen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et hæc erit plaga qua percutiet Dominus omnes gentes quæ pugnaverunt adversus Jerusalem: tabescet caro uniuscujusque stantis super pedes suos: et oculi ejus contabescent in foraminibus suis, et lingua eorum contabescet in ore suo.