Zechariah 14:6 (DBY)

Passage

And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] there shall not be light; the shining shall be obscured.

Nearby Context

Zechariah 14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem toward the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

Zechariah 14:5 And ye shall flee [by] the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: ye shall even flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And Jehovah my God shall come, [and] all the holy ones with thee.

Zechariah 14:6 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] there shall not be light; the shining shall be obscured.

Zechariah 14:7 And it shall be one day which is known to Jehovah, not day, and not night; and it shall come to pass, at eventide it 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 hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "shall", "come", "pass", "shining", and "obscured". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And ye shall flee by the valley..." into verse 7's "And it shall be one day which...", so "light" 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 "light" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.