Zechariah 14:7 Meaning and Explanation
“But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →It will be a unique day known only to the LORD, neither ordinary day nor night, and at the hour of darkness, light will break forth.
What Does Zechariah 14:7 Mean?
The strange twilight of the previous verse is now named: "one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night." It is a day belonging to God's own knowledge, beyond the reckoning of human calendars, unlike any that has gone before. The mystery is not confusion but the signature of a day God alone has appointed.
The promise lands on its final, radiant note: "at evening time it shall be light." Just when the world expects the dark to fall, light comes instead. This is the very shape of God's salvation, light at the hour of deepest gloom, the dawn breaking when night was due. For all who wait on the Lord, this verse is a quiet anchor: the evenings of life are precisely where God promises to bring the light.
Zechariah 14:7 in the Original Language
ereb (עֶרֶב), 'evening' -- the time of nightfall, here the very hour darkness is expected, when light instead breaks forth.
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What does Zechariah 14:7 mean?
It will be a unique day known only to the LORD, neither ordinary day nor night, and at the hour of darkness, light will break forth.