Zechariah 14 · Verse 3

Zechariah 14:3

Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
Zechariah 14:3, King James Version

Zechariah 14:3 in other translations

BSBThen the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.
WEBThen the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
ASVThen shall Jehovah go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
YLTAnd gone forth hath Jehovah, And He hath fought against those nations, As in the day of His fighting in a day of conflict.
DARBYAnd Jehovah will go forth and fight with those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
BBEThen the Lord will go out and make war against those nations, as he did in the day of the fight.
WebsterThen will the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

What does Zechariah 14:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. Then--In Jerusalem's extremity. as ... in ... day of battle--as when Jehovah fought for Israel against the Egyptians at the Red Sea (Ex 14:14; 15:3). As He then made a way through the divided sea, so will He now divide in two "the Mount of Olives" (Zec 14:4).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations - Against the Romans, by means of the northern nations; who shall destroy the whole empire of this once mistress of the world. But this is an obscure place.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 14:1-7

The Lord Jesus often stood upon the Mount of Olives when on earth. He ascended from thence to heaven, and then desolations and distresses came upon the Jewish nation. Such is the view taken of this figuratively; but many consider it as a notice of events yet unfulfilled, and that it relates to troubles of which we cannot now form a full idea. Every believer, being related to God as his God, may triumph in the…

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Zechariah 14:3 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.

וְיָצָ֣אve.ya.Tza'and he will go forthH3318
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְנִלְחַ֖םve.nil.Chamand he will fightH3898
בַּגּוֹיִ֣םba.go.Yimagainst the nationsH1471
הָהֵ֑םha.Hem<the> thoseH1992
כְּי֥וֹםke.Yomlike [the] dayH3117
הִֽלָּחֲמ֖וhi.la.cha.Mofought heH3898
בְּי֥וֹםbe.Yomin a day ofH3117
קְרָֽב\׃ke.RavbattleH7128

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Cross references for Zechariah 14:3

  • 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.

  • Joel 3:9-17

    Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord. Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. …

  • Zechariah 2:8-9

    For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.

  • Zephaniah 3:19

    Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.

  • Joel 3:2

    I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

  • Daniel 2:44-45

    And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

  • Exodus 15:1-6

    Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him. The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name. Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. …

  • 2 Chronicles 20:15

    And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

  • Zechariah 10:4-5

    Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

  • Zechariah 12:2-6

    Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness. And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the Lord of hosts their God. …

  • Daniel 2:34-35

    Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

  • Joshua 10:42

    And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2:8,9; 10:4,5; 12:2-6,9; Isa 63:1-6; 66:15,16; Da 2:34,35,44,45
Joe 3:2,9-17; Zep 3:19; Hag 2:21,22; Re 6:4-17; 8:7-13
as.
Ex 15:1-6; Jos 10:42; 2Ch 20:15

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Context

  • Zechariah 14:2

    For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

  • Zechariah 14:3

    Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

  • Zechariah 14:4

    And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

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Zechariah 14:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Después saldrá Jehová, y peleará con aquellas gentes, como peleó el día de la batalla.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et l’ Éternel sortira et combattra contre ces nations comme au jour où il a combattu au jour de la bataille.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jehova wird ausziehen und wider jene Nationen streiten, wie an dem Tage, da er streitet, an dem Tage der Schlacht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et egredietur Dominus, et præliabitur contra gentes illas, sicut præliatus est in die certaminis.