Zechariah 14:9 (ASV)

Passage

And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall Jehovah be one, and his name one.

Nearby Context

Zechariah 14:7 but it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.

Zechariah 14:8 And it shall come to pass in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

Zechariah 14:9 And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall Jehovah be one, and his name one.

Zechariah 14:10 All the land shall be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she shall be lifted up, and shall dwell in her place, from Benjamin`s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel unto the king`s wine-presses.

Zechariah 14:11 And men shall dwell therein, and there shall be no more curse; but Jerusalem shall dwell safely.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "shall", "king", "over", "earth", and "name". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And it shall come to pass in..." into verse 10's "All the land shall be made like...", so "jehovah" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Zechariah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jehovah" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.