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Their people will become like walking corpses, their flesh rotting away. Their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. <a href="/esv/zechariah/14.htm">English Standard Version</a> And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. <a href="/bsb/zechariah/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. <a href="/kjv/zechariah/14.htm">King James Bible</a> And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. <a href="/nkjv/zechariah/14.htm">New King James Version</a> And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths. <a href="/nasb_/zechariah/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth. <a href="/nasb/zechariah/14.htm">NASB 1995</a> Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth. <a href="/nasb77/zechariah/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth. <a href="/lsb/zechariah/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now this will be the plague with which Yahweh will plague all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth. <a href="/amp/zechariah/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Now this will be the plague with which the LORD shall strike all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth. <a href="/csb/zechariah/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> This will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the people who have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. <a href="/hcsb/zechariah/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> This will be the plague the LORD strikes all the peoples with, who have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. <a href="/asv/zechariah/14.htm">American Standard Version</a> And this shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. <a href="/cev/zechariah/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Here is what the LORD will do to those who attack Jerusalem: While they are standing there, he will make their flesh rot and their eyes fall from their sockets and their tongues drop out. <a href="/erv/zechariah/14.htm">English Revised Version</a> And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. <a href="/gwt/zechariah/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> This will be the plague the LORD will use to strike all the people from the nations that have gone to war against Jerusalem. Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet. Their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. <a href="/gnt/zechariah/14.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD will bring a terrible disease on all the nations that make war on Jerusalem. Their flesh will rot away while they are still alive; their eyes and their tongues will rot away. <a href="/isv/zechariah/14.htm">International Standard Version</a> "This will be the plague with which the LORD inflicts all of the people who have attacked Jerusalem: he will cause their flesh to rot away, even while they're standing on their feet. He will cause their eyes to rot away in their sockets, and their tongues to rot away in their mouths. <a href="/net/zechariah/14.htm">NET Bible</a> But this will be the nature of the plague with which the LORD will strike all the nations that have fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will decay while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot away in their sockets, and their tongues will dissolve in their mouths. <a href="/nheb/zechariah/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> This will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their tongue will consume away in their mouth. <a href="/wbt/zechariah/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/zechariah/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. <a href="/web/zechariah/14.htm">World English Bible</a> This will be the plague with which Yahweh will strike all the peoples who have fought against Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their tongue will consume away in their mouth. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/zechariah/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And this is the plague with which YHWH plagues all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: He has 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. <a href="/ylt/zechariah/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/zechariah/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And this shall be the smiting which Jehovah will smite all the peoples who made war upon Jerusalem; and he caused his flesh to pine away, and he stood upon his feet, and his eyes shall pine away in their holes, and his tongue shall pine away in their mouth.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/zechariah/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And this shall be the plague where with the Lord shall strike all nations that have fought against Jerusalem: the flesh of every one shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. <a href="/cpdv/zechariah/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And this will be the plague by which the Lord will strike all the Gentiles that have fought against Jerusalem. The flesh of each one will waste away while they are standing on their feet, and their eyes will be consumed in their sockets, and their tongue will be consumed in their mouth. <a href="/nabre/zechariah/14.htm">New American Bible</a> And this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples that have fought against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. <a href="/nrsvce/zechariah/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> This shall be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh shall rot while they are still on their feet; their eyes shall rot in their sockets, and their tongues shall rot in their mouths.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/zechariah/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will smite all the people who have fought against Jerusalem: their flesh shall waste away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall melt away in their sockets, and their tongues shall consume away in their mouths. <a href="/hpbt/zechariah/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And this will be the plague with which LORD JEHOVAH strikes all the nations which fight against Jerusalem: their flesh shall melt when standing on their feet and their eyes shall melt in their sockets and their tongue shall melt in their mouths<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/zechariah/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite All the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, And their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, And their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. <a href="/sep/zechariah/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And this shall be the overthrow with which the Lord will smite all the nations, as many as have fought against Jerusalem; their flesh shall consume away while they are standing upon their feet, and their eyes shall melt out of their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. <a href="/parallel/zechariah/14-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CFPk_KgOyMk?start=2253" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/zechariah/14.htm">The Destroyers of Jerusalem Destroyed</a> …11People will live there, and never again will there be an utter destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely. 12<a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: wə·zōṯ (Conj-w:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">And this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: tih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/4046.htm" title="4046: ham·mag·gê·p̄āh (Art:: N-fs) -- A blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence. From nagaph; a pestilence; by analogy, defeat.">the plague</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">with which</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5062.htm" title="5062: yig·gōp̄ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To strike, smite. A primitive root; to push, gore, defeat, stub, inflict.">strikes</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘am·mîm (Art:: N-mp) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the peoples</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/6633.htm" title="6633: ṣā·ḇə·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To wage war, serve. A primitive root; to mass.">have warred</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">Jerusalem:</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bə·śā·rōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">Their flesh</a> <a href="/hebrew/4743.htm" title="4743: hā·mêq (V-Hifil-InfAbs) -- To decay, rot, fester, pine away. A primitive root; to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish.">will rot</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: wə·hū (Conj-w:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">while they</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: ‘ō·mêḏ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">stand</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: raḡ·lāw (N-fdc:: 3ms) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">their feet,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: wə·‘ê·nāw (Conj-w:: N-cdc:: 3ms) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">their eyes</a> <a href="/hebrew/4743.htm" title="4743: tim·maq·nāh (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fp) -- To decay, rot, fester, pine away. A primitive root; to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish.">will rot</a> <a href="/hebrew/2356.htm" title="2356: ḇə·ḥō·rê·hen (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 3fp) -- A hole. Or chor; the same as chuwr; a cavity, socket, den.">in their sockets,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3956.htm" title="3956: ū·lə·šō·w·nōw (Conj-w:: N-csc:: 3ms) -- Tongue. Or lashon; also feminine lshonah; from lashan; the tongue, used literally, and figuratively.">and their tongues</a> <a href="/hebrew/4743.htm" title="4743: tim·maq (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fs) -- To decay, rot, fester, pine away. A primitive root; to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish.">will rot</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: bə·p̄î·hem (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to.">in their mouths.</a> 13On that day a great panic from the LORD will come upon them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/revelation/19-21.htm">Revelation 19:21</a> And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh. <a href="/revelation/19-15.htm">Revelation 19:15</a> And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. <a href="/revelation/6-8.htm">Revelation 6:8</a> Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth. <a href="/revelation/16-2.htm">Revelation 16:2</a> So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. <a href="/revelation/16-10.htm">Revelation 16:10-11</a> And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish / and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores. Yet they did not repent of their deeds. <a href="/revelation/11-5.htm">Revelation 11:5</a> If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed. <a href="/revelation/9-18.htm">Revelation 9:18</a> A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths. <a href="/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20</a> Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. <a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">Isaiah 66:24</a> “As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.” <a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">Isaiah 37:36</a> Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies! <a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Ezekiel 38:22</a> I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him. <a href="/ezekiel/39-6.htm">Ezekiel 39:6</a> I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD. <a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm">Ezekiel 39:17-20</a> And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood. / You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan. / At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Deuteronomy 28:21-22</a> The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess. / The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-59.htm">Deuteronomy 28:59-61</a> He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses. / He will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you. / The LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand on their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.the plague wherewith.<a href="/zechariah/14-3.htm">Zechariah 14:3</a> Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.<a href="/zechariah/12-9.htm">Zechariah 12:9</a> And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.<a href="/psalms/110-5.htm">Psalm 110:5,6</a> The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath… Their flesh.<a href="/leviticus/26-18.htm">Leviticus 26:18,21,24,28</a> And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins… <a href="/deuteronomy/28-59.htm">Deuteronomy 28:59</a> Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.<a href="/2_chronicles/21-15.htm">2 Chronicles 21:15,18,19</a> And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/zechariah/5-4.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-1.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-4.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-16.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-3.htm">Fought</a> <a href="/haggai/1-6.htm">Holes</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-11.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-7.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-6.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-5.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Rot</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-7.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/songs/5-15.htm">Sockets</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-4.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-7.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-13.htm">Tongue</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-3.htm">War</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-12.htm">Warred</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-8.htm">Wherewith</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/malachi/1-5.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/malachi/4-3.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-21.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/john/18-36.htm">Fought</a> <a href="/matthew/8-20.htm">Holes</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-14.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/malachi/2-6.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-17.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-15.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/exodus/16-24.htm">Rot</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-18.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/exodus/26-19.htm">Sockets</a> <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-15.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/mark/7-33.htm">Tongue</a> <a href="/matthew/12-25.htm">War</a> <a href="/revelation/12-7.htm">Warred</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-18.htm">Wherewith</a><div class="vheading2">Zechariah 14</div>1. <a href="/zechariah/14-1.htm">The destroyers of Jerusalem destroyed.</a> 3. <a href="/zechariah/14-3.htm">The coming of Christ, and the graces of his kingdom.</a> 12. <a href="/zechariah/14-12.htm">The plague of Jerusalem's enemies.</a> 16. <a href="/zechariah/14-16.htm">The remnant shall turn to the Lord;</a> 20. <a href="/zechariah/14-20.htm">and their spoils shall be holy.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Historically, Jerusalem has been a focal point of conflict, and this prophecy reflects the city's significance in God's plan. The concept of a "plague" as divine retribution is consistent with other biblical narratives, such as the plagues of Egypt in Exodus. This judgment underscores God's protection over Jerusalem, a city central to biblical prophecy and eschatology. The phrase also connects to the broader theme of God's sovereignty and justice, as seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/34-8.htm">Isaiah 34:8</a> and <a href="/joel/3-2.htm">Joel 3:2</a>, where God judges nations for their actions against His people.Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, This vivid imagery of decay while standing suggests an immediate and supernatural judgment. The description parallels the suddenness of divine intervention seen in other biblical accounts, such as the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The rotting flesh can symbolize the futility of human strength against divine power, echoing themes in <a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a>, where human frailty is contrasted with God's enduring word. This phrase may also serve as a warning of the consequences of opposing God's will, emphasizing the seriousness of rebellion against Him.their eyes will rot in their sockets, The rotting of eyes signifies the loss of vision, both physically and spiritually. In biblical symbolism, eyes often represent understanding and insight (<a href="/ephesians/1-18.htm">Ephesians 1:18</a>). This judgment could imply a removal of discernment from those who oppose God, leaving them in spiritual darkness. The imagery recalls the blinding of the Syrian army in <a href="/2_kings/6-18.htm">2 Kings 6:18</a>, where God intervenes to protect His people. It serves as a reminder of the spiritual blindness that accompanies rebellion against God, as seen in passages like <a href="/john/9-39.htm">John 9:39-41</a>.and their tongues will rot in their mouths. The rotting tongue suggests a silencing of those who speak against God and His purposes. In Scripture, the tongue is often associated with speech and proclamation (<a href="/james/3-5.htm">James 3:5-6</a>). This judgment may indicate the futility of words spoken in opposition to God, as seen in the silencing of false prophets in <a href="/1_kings/18-40.htm">1 Kings 18:40</a>. It highlights the power of God's word over human speech, aligning with the theme in <a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Isaiah 55:11</a> that God's word accomplishes His purposes. This imagery also points to the ultimate accountability of every word spoken, as Jesus teaches in <a href="/matthew/12-36.htm">Matthew 12:36-37</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The sovereign God who enacts judgment and delivers His people. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city of God, often representing the people of Israel and the center of God's redemptive plan. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_peoples.htm">The Peoples</a> Nations or groups that have opposed or attacked Jerusalem, symbolizing opposition to God's purposes. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_plague.htm">The Plague</a> A divine judgment that causes physical decay, symbolizing the ultimate defeat of those who oppose God. 5. <a href="/topical/w/war_against_jerusalem.htm">War Against Jerusalem</a> Represents the spiritual and physical opposition to God's chosen people and His plans.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice.htm">Divine Justice</a> God's judgment is certain and just. Those who oppose Him and His people will face consequences. <a href="/topical/t/the_sovereignty_of_god.htm">The Sovereignty of God</a> God is in control of history and will ultimately vindicate His people. <a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_spiritual_warfare.htm">The Reality of Spiritual Warfare</a> The physical war against Jerusalem symbolizes the spiritual battle against God's purposes. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> Understanding the severity of God's judgment should lead us to repentance and faithfulness. <a href="/topical/h/hope_for_believers.htm">Hope for Believers</a> Despite opposition, believers can have hope in God's ultimate victory and justice.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_zechariah_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Zechariah 14</a> <a href="/q/zechariah_14_12__instant_flesh_decay.htm">Zechariah 14:12 – What scientific basis could explain flesh decaying instantly while people are still on their feet? </a> <a href="/q/how_is_zechariah_12_2-3_reconciled_with_jerusalem's_conquests.htm">If Zechariah 12:2-3 predicts Jerusalem as an immovable stone, how can this be reconciled with the city's repeated conquests throughout history?</a> <a href="/q/what_records_show_god_took_judah.htm">Zechariah 2:12 - Given the centuries of exile and conflict, what archaeological or historical records confirm that the Lord truly 'took possession of Judah' in a lasting, literal sense?</a> <a href="/q/does_zech._1_12's_70_years_align_historically.htm">Is there any corroborating evidence for the 70-year period mentioned in Zechariah 1:12, or does it conflict with known historical timelines?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/zechariah/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 12-15. - § 8. Having noted the blessings on the true Israelites, the prophet gives further details concerning the destruction of the enemies: they shall perish by plague, by mutual slaughter, by the sword of Judah. Verse 12. - This shall be the plague. These are the instruments which the Lord uses when he fights against the nations (not the people, as in the Authorized Version), ver. 3. The plague, or smiting (maggephah), is some contagions affliction sent by God, as in <a href="/exodus/9-14.htm">Exodus 9:14</a>; <a href="/numbers/14-37.htm">Numbers 14:37</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/6-4.htm">1 Samuel 6:4</a>. Their. It is, in the Hebrew, "his flesh, his feet," etc., to show that the general plague extends to every individual. In the last clause the plural is used, "their mouth." With body, eye, and tongue they opposed the holy city, and took pleasure in its discomfiture: in all their members they shall suffer retributive punishment. While they stand upon their feet. The flesh of each shall putrefy and moulder away, while he is still alive and arrayed against the city of God. Holes; soakers. The eyes had spied out the weak places in the defence, and looked with malicious pleasure on the defeat and fall. Tongue. They had blasphemed God, and cried against his holy place, "Down with it, even to the ground!" <a href="/commentaries/zechariah/14-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And this וְזֹ֣את ׀ (wə·zōṯ) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, will be תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה (tih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be the plague הַמַּגֵּפָ֗ה (ham·mag·gê·p̄āh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4046.htm">Strong's 4046: </a> A blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence with which the LORD יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel strikes יִגֹּ֤ף (yig·gōp̄) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5062.htm">Strong's 5062: </a> To push, gore, defeat, stub, inflict all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the peoples הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים (hā·‘am·mîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock who אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that have warred צָבְא֖וּ (ṣā·ḇə·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6633.htm">Strong's 6633: </a> To wage war, serve against עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against Jerusalem: יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel Their flesh בְּשָׂר֗וֹ (bə·śā·rōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man will rot הָמֵ֣ק ׀ (hā·mêq) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4743.htm">Strong's 4743: </a> To melt, to flow, dwindle, vanish while they וְהוּא֙ (wə·hū) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are stand עֹמֵ֣ד (‘ō·mêḏ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> To stand, in various relations on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against their feet, רַגְלָ֔יו (raḡ·lāw) Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> A foot, a step, the pudenda their eyes וְעֵינָיו֙ (wə·‘ê·nāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain will rot תִּמַּ֣קְנָה (tim·maq·nāh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4743.htm">Strong's 4743: </a> To melt, to flow, dwindle, vanish in their sockets, בְחֹֽרֵיהֶ֔ן (ḇə·ḥō·rê·hen) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2356.htm">Strong's 2356: </a> A cavity, socket, den and their tongues וּלְשׁוֹנ֖וֹ (ū·lə·šō·w·nōw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> The tongue will rot תִּמַּ֥ק (tim·maq) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4743.htm">Strong's 4743: </a> To melt, to flow, dwindle, vanish in their mouths. בְּפִיהֶֽם׃ (bə·p̄î·hem) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6310.htm">Strong's 6310: </a> The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/zechariah/14-12.htm">Zechariah 14:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/zechariah/14-12.htm">Zechariah 14:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/zechariah/14-12.htm">Zechariah 14:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/zechariah/14-12.htm">Zechariah 14:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/zechariah/14-12.htm">Zechariah 14:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/zechariah/14-12.htm">Zechariah 14:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/zechariah/14-12.htm">Zechariah 14:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/zechariah/14-12.htm">Zechariah 14:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/zechariah/14-12.htm">Zechariah 14:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/zechariah/14-12.htm">Zechariah 14:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-12.htm">OT Prophets: Zechariah 14:12 This will be the plague with which (Zech. 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