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Zechariah 14:6
On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks through Zechariah to Judah during a prophetic vision of future judgment and restoration, positioned immediately after the description of a mountain valley escape and God's arrival with holy ones.
The words — יְקָר֖וֹת (ye.ka.Rot) translates literally to "splendid ones" or radiant celestial bodies, and קִפָּאֽוֹן (qip'āôn) means "frost," both explicitly negated to mark the end of ordinary atmospheric cycles.
The thread — The suspension of normal light and cold mirrors the psalmist's motif of divine illumination in darkness (Psalms 97:10; Psalms 112:4) and aligns with the New Testament account of light breaking into darkness through Christ (John 12:46).
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge that God's direct presence overrides created order, demanding readiness for an intervention that operates outside standard day-night cycles and physical expectations.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
Cross-references
- Psalms 97:10 Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
- Psalms 112:4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
- John 12:46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
- Proverbs 4:18 The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
- 2 Peter 1:19 We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
- Revelation 11:15 Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
- Isaiah 13:10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
- Isaiah 50:10 Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
- Jeremiah 4:23 I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.