Zechariah 14:11

Easy-to-Read Version

People will move to Jerusalem because it will be a safe place to live. It will never again be destroyed.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
People will live there, and never again will there be a curse of complete destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell in security.

Hebrew Names Version
Men will dwell therein, and there will be no more curse; but Yerushalayim will dwell safely.

King James Version (1611)
And men shall dwell in it, and there shalbe no more vtter destruction: but Ierusalem shalbe safely inhabited.

King James Version
And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

English Standard Version
And it shall be inhabited, for there shall never again be a decree of utter destruction. Jerusalem shall dwell in security.

New American Standard Bible
People will live in it, and there will no longer be a curse, for Jerusalem will live in security.

New Century Version
People will live there, and it will never be destroyed again. Jerusalem will be safe.

Amplified Bible
It will be inhabited, for there will no longer be a curse, for Jerusalem will dwell in security.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And men shall dwell in it, and there shall bee no more destruction, but Ierusalem shall bee safely inhabited.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
People will live in it, and there will no longer be a curse, for Jerusalem will dwell in security.

Legacy Standard Bible
And people will inhabit it, and there will no longer be anything devoted to destruction, for Jerusalem will be inhabited in security.

Berean Standard Bible
People will live there, and never again will there be an utter destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely.

Complete Jewish Bible
People will live there, the curse will be broken, and Yerushalayim will live in safety.

Darby Translation
And [men] shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; and Jerusalem shall dwell safely.

George Lamsa Translation
And the people shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more a curse; but Jerusalem shall dwell in safety.

Good News Translation
The people will live there in safety, no longer threatened by destruction.

Lexham English Bible
And they will dwell in it, and there will be no more ban imposed, and Jerusalem will dwell in security.

Literal Translation
And they shall live in it. And there shall not again be a shutting in, but Jerusalem shall dwell safely.

American Standard Version
And men shall dwell therein, and there shall be no more curse; but Jerusalem shall dwell safely.

Bible in Basic English
And there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem will be living without fear of danger.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And men shall dwell therein, and there shall be no more extermination; but Jerusalem shall dwell safely.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
There shal men dwell, and there shal be no more destruction, but Hierusalem shalbe safely inhabited.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
they shall dwell in the city; and there shall be no more any curse, and Jerusalem shall dwell securely.

English Revised Version
And men shall dwell therein, and there shall be no more curse; but Jerusalem shall dwell safely.

World English Bible
Men will dwell therein, and there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem will dwell safely.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei schulen dwelle there ynne, and cursidnesse schal no more be, but Jerusalem schal sitte sikir.

Update Bible Version
And men shall dwell therein, and there shall be no more curse; but Jerusalem shall dwell safely.

Webster's Bible Translation
And [men] shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

New English Translation
And people will settle there, and there will no longer be the threat of divine extermination—Jerusalem will dwell in security.

New King James Version
The people shall dwell in it; And no longer shall there be utter destruction, But Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

New Living Translation
And Jerusalem will be filled, safe at last, never again to be cursed and destroyed.

New Life Bible
People will live in it, and there will be no more curse. The people of Jerusalem will live without fear.

New Revised Standard
And it shall be inhabited, for never again shall it be doomed to destruction; Jerusalem shall abide in security.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So shall men dwell therein, and, utter destruction, shall not be any more, - but Jerusalem, shall abide, in security.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And people shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more an anathema: but Jerusalem shall sit secure.

Revised Standard Version
And it shall be inhabited, for there shall be no more curse; Jerusalem shall dwell in security.

Young's Literal Translation
And they have dwelt in her, And destruction is no more, And Jerusalem hath dwelt confidently.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
There shall men dwell, and there shal be nomore cursinge, but Ierusalem shalbe safely inhabited.

Contextual Overview

⁸ At that time water will flow continually from Jerusalem. That stream will split and part of it will flow east, and part of it will flow west to the Mediterranean Sea. And it will flow all year long, in the summer as well as in the winter. ⁹ And the Lord will be the King of the whole world. At that time all people will worship him as the only Lord with only one name. ¹⁰ And the whole land from Geba in the north to Rimmon in the south past Jerusalem will become a flat plain. The city of Jerusalem will stay in the same place, but it will be built high above the land around it. It will reach from the Benjamin Gate to the First Gate (that is, the Corner Gate) and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses. ¹¹ People will move to Jerusalem because it will be a safe place to live. It will never again be destroyed. ¹² But the Lord will punish the nations that fought against Jerusalem. He will send a terrible disease against them. Their skin will begin to rot while the people are still alive. Their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. ¹³That terrible disease will be in the enemy camp, and all their horses, mules, camels, and donkeys will catch that terrible disease. At that time they will be afraid of the Lord . Each man will grab his neighbor's hand, and they will fight each other. Even Judah will fight against Jerusalem. This will happen even while armies from all the nations are surrounding the city. There will be much gold, silver, and clothing.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

there: Numbers 21:3, Isaiah 60:18, Jeremiah 31:40, Ezekiel 37:26, Joel 3:17, Joel 3:20, Amos 9:15, Revelation 21:4, Revelation 22:3

shall be safely inhabited: or, shall abide, Zechariah 2:4, Zechariah 8:4, Zechariah 8:8, Isaiah 26:1, Isaiah 66:22, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:6, Jeremiah 33:15, Jeremiah 33:16, Ezekiel 34:22-29

Reciprocal: Isaiah 44:26 - that saith Jeremiah 32:37 - I will cause Ezekiel 37:25 - even they Zephaniah 3:15 - thou Zechariah 9:8 - no Zechariah 12:6 - Jerusalem shall Zechariah 14:21 - in the

Cross-References

Genesis 12:5
He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the slaves, and all the other things he had gotten in Haran. Then he and his group moved to the land of Canaan.

Genesis 14:16
Then Abram brought back everything the enemy had stolen, as well as the women and servants, his nephew Lot, and everything Lot owned.

Genesis 14:21
Then the king of Sodom told Abram, "Give me my people who were captured. But you can keep everything else."

Deuteronomy 28:31
People will kill your cattle in front of you, but you will not eat any of the meat. People will take your donkeys, and they will not give them back to you. Your enemies will get your sheep, and there will be no one to help you.

Deuteronomy 28:35
The Lord will punish you with sore boils that cannot be healed. These boils will be on your knees and legs. The boils will be on every part of your body—from the bottom of your feet to the top of your head.

Deuteronomy 28:51
They will take your animals and the food you grow. They will take everything until they destroy you. They will not leave you any grain, wine, oil, cattle, sheep, or goats. They will take everything, until they destroy you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And [men] shall dwell in it,.... In great numbers, in much peace and safety, and from generation to generation: Aben Ezra says, Messiah the son of David will now come:

and there shall be no more utter destruction; no wars, nor desolations by them, in a civil sense; there shall be no more killing, as the Targum, Isaiah 2:4 no "cherem", no anathema, in a religious sense; in the old translation it is, "and there shall be no more cursing"; there will be no curse in the Jerusalem state,

Revelation 22:3 which words seem to be taken from hence; no cursed thing, nor cursed person, or any curse or anathema denounced against any; no Popish bulls and anathemas, nor any other:

but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited; the inhabitants of it shall dwell securely, without any apprehension of danger, and having no enemies to fear; though, before this safe and happy state, there will be many enemies; and what will become of them is shown in the following verses.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And they shall dwell in it - In peace, going forth from it, neither into “captivity,” nor in flight Zechariah 14:2, Zechariah 14:5; for God should exempt from curse the city which He had chosen, against which the gates of hell shall not prevail, and He says of the heavenly Jerusalem, “there shall be no more curse” Revelation 22:3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 14:11. There shall be no more utter destruction — After this final restoration of Jerusalem it shall never more be destroyed; but as this was the first city of the living God upon earth, so shall it be the last; it shall be safely inhabited. It shall see war no more.