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Zechariah 14:8

Zechariah 14:8
And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem,.... When it shall be light; and this is one of the things which will make it so; for by "living waters" are meant the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And it shall be, that living waters - Kimchi: “This is what is said in the prophecy of Joel, ‘A fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord’ Joe 3:18; and in that of Ezekiel, ‘And behold…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Living waters shall go out - There shall be a wide diffusion of Divine knowledge, and of the plan of human salvation, which shall go out by apostles and preachers, first from Jerusalem, then to Syria,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Zechariah 14:8-15

Here are, I. Blessings promised to Jerusalem, the gospel-Jerusalem, in the day of the Messiah, and to all the earth, by virtue of the blessings poured out on Jerusalem, especially to the land of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Zechariah 14:8-11

The Prosperity of the Land

Perennial streams flowing from Jerusalem both to the E. and to the W. shall irrigate and fertilise the land, Zec 14:8. One God shall be worshipped without a rival, Zec…