Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
gather all nations, etc.--The prophecy seems literal (compare Joel 3:2). If Antichrist be the leader of the nations, it seems inconsistent with the statement that he will at this time be sitting in the temple as God at Jerusalem (2 Thessalonians 2:4); thus Antichrist outside would be made to besiege Antichrist within the city. But difficulties do not set aside revelations: the event will clear up seeming difficulties. Compare the complicated movements, Dan. 11:1-45.
half . . . the residue--In Zechariah 13:8-9, it is "two-thirds" that perish, and "the third" escapes. There, however, it is "in all the land"; here it is "half of the city." Two-thirds of the "whole people" perish, one-third survives. One-half of the citizens are led captive, the residue are not cut off. Perhaps, too, we ought to translate, "a (not 'the') residue."
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 4:2
Isaiah 10:20-22
Isaiah 29:2
Isaiah 33:19
Isaiah 51:2
Isaiah 66:18
Isaiah 66:24
Jeremiah 50:20
Lamentations 5:11
Ezekiel 5:9
Ezekiel 6:9
Ezekiel 9:6
Ezekiel 20:35
Ezekiel 20:38
Ezekiel 37:28
Joel 2:32
Joel 3:2
Joel 3:9
Zephaniah 3:8
Zechariah 13:8-9
2 Thessalonians 2:4
Revelation 1:7
Revelation 7:3
Revelation 11:13
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