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Zechariah 14:11

Zechariah 14:11

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Men shall dwell in it. There shall be no tear of exile and captivity, and no necessity to fly from a victorious enemy (, ). Utter destruction; literally, curse, ban; LXX. and Vulgate, "There shall be no more anathema."

The inhabitants shall not incur the curse which is inflicted on transgressors, idolaters, and their cities by the old Law (see ; ; ; ; comp.

; ; ). Shall be safely inhabited; or, shall dwell safely. Sin being removed, there will be no more occasion for chastisement; and the spiritual Jerusalem shall never be destroyed.

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