Zechariah 14:8 (DBY)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

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

Zechariah 14:10 All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem shall be turned as the Arabah; and [Jerusalem] shall be lifted up, and shall dwell in her own place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner-gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And it shall be one day which..." into verse 9's "And Jehovah shall be king over all...", so "shall" and "come" 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 "shall" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.