Reference

Zechariah 14:3

Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
1

Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

2

For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

3

Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

4

And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

5

And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Future Fulfillment
Semantic Discovery
90% relevance

This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Time-Bound Fulfillment
Multi-Signal Classification
30% relevance

This verse was identified by multiple independent signals: structural patterns, prophetic context, and vocabulary — then validated by a probability model (Snorkel).

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Future Fulfillment

The phrase "as when he fought in the day of battle" could be interpreted as a reference to past historical interventions by the Lord, suggesting a pattern of divine action rather than exclusively a future event.

Time-Bound Fulfillment

The verse describes a future event ("Then shall the Lord go forth") and compares it to a past event ("as when he fought in the day of battle"), but it does not specify a duration for the prophecy or provide any indicators for when it is expected to be recognized as fulfilled.