Zechariah 14:1 (DBY)

Passage

Behold, the day cometh for Jehovah, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

Nearby Context

Zechariah 14:1 Behold, the day cometh for Jehovah, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

Zechariah 14:2 And I will assemble all the 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 rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

Zechariah 14:3 And Jehovah will go forth and fight with those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "behold", "cometh", "jehovah", "spoil", "shall", "divided", "midst", and "thee". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "behold" and "cometh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And I will assemble all the nations...", so "behold" and "cometh" should be read forward into that movement. In Zechariah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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