Zechariah 14:9 (GNV)

Passage

And the Lord shall bee King ouer all the earth: in that day shall there bee one Lord, and his Name shalbe one.

Nearby Context

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.

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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "shall", "king", "ouer", "earth", and "name". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And in that day shall there waters..." into verse 10's "All the lande shall bee turned as...", so "lord" 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 "lord" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.