Zechariah 14:11 (YLT)

Passage

And they have dwelt in her, And destruction is no more, And Jerusalem hath dwelt confidently.

Nearby Context

Zechariah 14:9 And Jehovah hath become king over all the land, In that day there is one Jehovah, and His name one.

Zechariah 14:10 Changed is all the land as a plain, From Gebo to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, And she hath been high, and hath dwelt in her place, Even from the gate of Benjamin To the place of the first gate, unto the front gate, And from the tower of Hananeel, Unto the wine-vats of the king.

Zechariah 14:11 And they have dwelt in her, And destruction is no more, And Jerusalem hath dwelt confidently.

Zechariah 14:12 And this is the plague with which Jehovah Doth plague all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem, He hath consumed away its flesh, And it is standing on its feet, And its eyes are consumed in their holes, And its tongue is consumed in their mouth.

Zechariah 14:13 And it hath come to pass, in that day, A great destruction <FI>from<Fi> Jehovah is among them, And they have seized each the hand of his neighbour, And gone up hath his hand against the hand of his neighbour.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "dwelt", "destruction", "jerusalem", "hath", and "confidently". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "dwelt" and "destruction", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Changed is all the land as a..." into verse 12's "And this is the plague with which...", so "dwelt" and "destruction" 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 "dwelt" and "destruction" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.