Zechariah 14:1-3
“Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle... Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.”
King James Version
Zechariah foresees all nations gathered against Jerusalem on the Day of the LORD, and the LORD Himself going forth to fight for His city.
Fulfillment References
Zechariah 14:4 Joel 3:2 Revelation 19:11-21 Zechariah 12:3
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe LORD (YHWH) who fights, and whose feet stand on Olivet (v.4), is Jesus — King over all the earth (v.9).
JewishThe Day of the LORD when all nations gather against Jerusalem and God Himself fights for His city — central to Jewish end-time hope.
CatholicGod's decisive eschatological intervention to deliver His people, harmonized with Christ's return.
ProtestantThe siege of Jerusalem and the LORD's deliverance, often linked to the climactic battle before Christ's return.
OrthodoxThe LORD's coming to defend and deliver, fulfilled in continuity with Christ's glorious return.
DispensationalA literal future siege (Armageddon) ended by Christ's physical return to fight for Israel (cf. v.4).
AcademicPart of Zechariah 9-14's apocalyptic reworking of Day-of-the-LORD and Zion-siege traditions.
Scholarship & Sources
Zechariah 14 frames the eschatological 'day of the LORD' with the nations gathered against Jerusalem and the LORD's intervention; preterists relate it to AD 70, futurists to the second coming and millennium.
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