Zechariah 14:13 (GNV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Zechariah 14:14 And Iudah shall fight also against Ierusalem, and the arme of all the heathen shall be gathered rounde about, with golde and siluer, and great abundance of apparell.

Zechariah 14:15 Yet this shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camell and of the asse and of all the beasts that be in these tents as this plague.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "great", "tumult", "lord", "shall", "euery", "take", and "hande". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "great" and "tumult", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And this shall bee the plague wherewith..." into verse 14's "And Iudah shall fight also against Ierusalem...", so "great" and "tumult" 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 "great" and "tumult" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.