Zechariah 14:1 (DRB)

Passage

Behold the days of the Lord shall come, and thy spoils shall be divided in the midst of thee.

Nearby Context

Zechariah 14:1 Behold the days of the Lord shall come, and thy spoils shall be divided in the midst of thee.

Zechariah 14:2 And I will gather all nations to Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken, and the houses shall be rifled, and the women shall be defiled: and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the rest of the people shall not be taken away out of the city.

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "behold", "days", "lord", "shall", "come", "spoils", and "divided". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "behold" and "days", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And I will gather all nations to...", so "behold" and "days" 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 "days" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.