The Pulpit Commentary on Zechariah 14:15

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

So shall be the plague of the horse, etc. As was the plague that came on men (Zechariah 14:12), so shall be tide plague that falls on their beasts and cattle. The brute animals suffer for their owners' sin according to the ban under the old Law (Deuteronomy 13:15; comp.

Numbers 16:32, Numbers 16:33; Joshua 7:24, Joshua 7:25). Tents; camps; Septuagint, παρεμβολαῖς. The verse illustrates the utter destruction which shall befall the enemies of God's Church.

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