Bible Strands
Zechariah 14:11
People will live there, and never again will there be an utter destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet records the Lord’s declaration to Israel following the description of Jerusalem’s topographical elevation in Zechariah 14:10 and preceding the plague on hostile nations in Zechariah 14:12.
The words — חֵרֶם (Che.rem) denotes total destruction, while בֶּטַח (betach) signifies security, framing the verse’s contrast between past devastation and permanent safety.
The thread — This promise of unbroken habitation echoes Amos 9:15’s guarantee that God will plant His people firmly and never uproot them, and anticipates Revelation 22:3’s declaration that no curse will remain.
Why it lands — The text asserts that Jerusalem will dwell securely without recurring destruction, requiring the reader to acknowledge God’s definitive judgment against enemies and His irreversible commitment to His city.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
Cross-references
- Revelation 22:3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.
- Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Amos 9:15 I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
- Zechariah 8:8 I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”
- Revelation 21:4 ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
- Numbers 21:3 And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.
- Isaiah 26:1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.
- Isaiah 60:18 No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
- Isaiah 66:22 “For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
- Jeremiah 31:40 The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”