11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
11 It will be inhabited; never again will it be destroyed. Jerusalem will be secure.
11 And it shall be inhabited, for there shall never again be a decree of utter destruction.
11 full of people. Never again will Jerusalem be totally destroyed. From now on it will be a safe city.
11 The people shall dwell in it; And no longer shall there be utter destruction, But Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
11 And Jerusalem will be filled, safe at last, never again to be cursed and destroyed.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Zechariah 14:11
Commentary on Zechariah 14:8-15
(Read Zechariah 14:8-15)
Some consider that the progress of the gospel, beginning from Jerusalem, is referred to by the living waters flowing from that city. Neither shall the gospel and means of grace, nor the graces of the Spirit wrought in the hearts of believers by those means, ever fail, by reason either of the heat of persecution, or storms of temptation, or the blasts of any other affliction. Tremendous judgments appear to be foretold, to be sent upon those who should oppose the settlement of the Jews in their own land. How far they are to be understood literally, events alone can determine. The furious rage and malice which stir up men against each other, are faint shadows of the enmity which reigns among those who have perished in their sins. Even the inferior creatures often suffer for the sin of man, and in his plagues. Thus God will show his displeasure against sin.