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It shall happen, that everyone who is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, Yahweh of Hosts, and to keep the feast of tents.
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From Enemies to Worshipers
The verse reveals a stunning reversal: the survivors from the very nations that attacked Jerusalem will be converted. Commentators explain that God will not only judge His enemies but also graciously humble many, turning them into willing worshipers who recognize Him as King. This highlights God's ultimate redemptive power over even His fiercest opponents.
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Zechariah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Every one that is left of the nations - God so gives the repentance, even through His visitations, that in proportion to the largeness of th…
19th Century
Anglican
Go up ... to worship. —The judgment on the nation is to be remedial. The result of it is to be that they…
16th Century
Protestant
Zechariah here advances further: that those who will have escaped the ruin of which he had spoken will be so humbled that they would of their own a…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it shall come to pass After the plague on man and beast is over: [that] everyone that is left of all the …
Since it is impossible for all nations literally to come to Jerusalem once a year to keep a feast, it is evident that a figurative meaning must be …