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Zechariah 14:10
All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet addresses Judah concerning a future day when the LORD will establish His exclusive kingship over the entire earth. This declaration frames the coming geographical shift within that sovereign reign.
The words — יִסּ֨וֹב (yi.Sov) means it will change, paired with כָּל\־ (kol-) for all, indicating a total transformation. כָּ/עֲרָבָה֙ (ka./'a.ra.Vah) translates literally as like the Arabah or plain, defining the uniform topography that will replace the former terrain.
The thread — The territorial markers Geba and Rimmon recur in Joshua 15:32 and 1 Kings 15:22 as historical boundaries of Judah. This vision directly follows Zechariah 14:9 and precedes Zechariah 14:11, which describes the resulting secure dwelling of the people.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that divine kingship will physically reshape the land while preserving Jerusalem’s fixed location. It requires the reader to accept that political and topographical upheaval will yield permanent stability under God’s rule.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.
Cross-references
- Joshua 15:32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.
- Zechariah 12:6 On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.
- 1 Kings 15:22 Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.
- Jeremiah 30:18 This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
- Jeremiah 37:13 But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
- Judges 20:45 Then the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.
- Judges 20:47 But 600 men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.
- Nehemiah 3:1 At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
- Jeremiah 38:7 Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
- Zechariah 2:4 and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.