Passage
And men shall dwell in it, and there shall bee no more destruction, but Ierusalem shall bee safely inhabited.
Zechariah 14:11 (GNV)
Nearby Context
Zechariah 14:9 And the Lord shall bee King ouer all the earth: in that day shall there bee one Lord, and his Name shalbe one.
Zechariah 14:10 All the lande shall bee turned as a plaine from Geba to Rimmon, towarde the South of Ierusalem, and it shall be lifted vp, and inhabited in her place: from Beniamins gate vnto the place of the first gate, vnto the corner gate, and from the towre of Hananiel, vnto the Kings wine presses.
Zechariah 14:11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall bee no more destruction, but Ierusalem shall bee safely inhabited.
Zechariah 14:12 And this shall bee the plague, wherewith the Lord will smite all people, that haue fought against Ierusalem: their flesh shall consume away, though they stand vpon their feete, and their eyes shall consume in their holes, and their tongue shall consume in their mouth.
Zechariah 14:13 But in that day a great tumult of the Lord shall be among them, and euery one shall take the hande of his neighbour, and his hande shall rise vp against the hand of his neighbour.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "shall", "dwell", "destruction", "ierusalem", "safely", and "inhabited". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "dwell", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 10's "All the lande shall bee turned as..." into verse 12's "And this shall bee the plague wherewith...", so "shall" and "dwell" 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 "dwell" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.