Zechariah 14:1 (GNV)

Passage

Beholde, the day of the Lord commeth, and thy spoyle shall be deuided in the middes of thee.

Nearby Context

Zechariah 14:1 Beholde, the day of the Lord commeth, and thy spoyle shall be deuided in the middes of thee.

Zechariah 14:2 For I will gather all nations against Ierusalem to battell, and the citie shall be taken, and the houses spoyled, and the women defiled, and halfe of the citie shall goe into captiuitie, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from ye citie.

Zechariah 14:3 Then shall the Lord goe foorth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battell.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "beholde", "lord", "commeth", "spoyle", "shall", "deuided", "middes", and "thee". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "beholde" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "For I will gather all nations against...", so "beholde" and "lord" 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 "beholde" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.