Zechariah 14:7 (GNV)

Passage

And there shall bee a day (it is knowen to the Lord) neither day nor night, but about the euening time it shall be light.

Nearby Context

Zechariah 14:5 And yee shall flee vnto the valley of the mountaines: for the valley of the mountaines shall reache vnto Azal: yea, yee shall flee like as ye fled from the earthquake in the daies of Vzziah King of Iudah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the Saints with thee.

Zechariah 14:6 And in that day shall there bee no cleare light, but darke.

Zechariah 14:7 And there shall bee a day (it is knowen to the Lord) neither day nor night, but about the euening time it shall be light.

Zechariah 14:8 And in that day shall there waters of life goe out from Ierusalem, halfe of them towarde the East sea, and halfe of them towarde the vttermost sea, and shall be, both in sommer and winter.

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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "shall", "knowen", "lord", "neither", "night", "euening", and "time". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And in that day shall there bee..." into verse 8's "And in that day shall there waters...", so "light" and "shall" 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 "light" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.