Zechariah 14:20

“In that day, etc.] After the destruction of antichrist and all the antichristian party, and a new state of things will take place, either the spiritual or personal reign of Christ: shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS TO THE LORD; as was upon the mitre of the high priest, (<022836>Exodus 28:36) to which there seems to be an allusion here: or, “upon the trappings of the horses”f318, as the Targum renders it; and this intends either the horses slain in war, whose bells or trappings should be devoted and applied to holy uses; or the horses that carried the people up to Jerusalem to worship there, or horses in common. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render it, “on the…”

“shall there be upon the bells--namely, this inscription, "Holiness to the Lord," the same as was on the miter of the high priest (Exo 28:36). This implies that all things, even the most common, shall be sacred to Jehovah, and not merely the things which under the law had peculiar sanctity attached to them. The "bells" were metal plates hanging from the necks of horses and camels as ornaments, which tinkled (as the Hebrew root means) by striking against each other. Bells attached to horses are found represented on the walls of Sennacherib's palace at Koyunjik. pots . . . like . . . bowls--the vessels used for boiling, for receiving ashes, &c., shall be as holy as the bowls used for catching…”

“In that day there shall be upon the bells of the horses, Holiness unto the Lord - He does not say only, that they should be consecrated to God, as Isaiah says of Tyre, “Her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord” Isaiah 23:18; he says that, “the bells of the horses,” things simply secular, should bear the same inscription as the plate on the high priest’s forehead. Perhaps the comparison was suggested by the bells on the high priest’s dress ; not the lamina only on his forehead, but bells (not as his, which were part of his sacred dress), bells, altogether secular, should be inscribed with the self-same title, whereby he himself was dedicated to God. Holiness to the Lord - He…”

“Shall there be - Written as it were on every common thing. Holiness unto the Lord - Their persons shall bear the dedicating inscription of holiness to the Lord, and by their study of holiness they shall make good their motto. The pots - Which were used in the kitchens of the temple, and were not accounted so sacred as the utensils near the sacrifices, and altar. The bowls - Which received the blood of the sacrifices, were esteemed more holy; so shall thy holiness in these days exceed the holiness of those former days. Zechariah 14:21”

“14:20 Holy to the Lord: See study note on 3:5. The priesthood was set apart for the Lord, as was the nation of Israel (Exod 19:6; Lev 11:44-45). That identity will be fulfilled in the messianic kingdom (Rom 11:16-17; Eph 1:4; 5:27; 1 Pet 1:15-16). The inscription on the harness bells and the cooking pots shows how pervasive holiness will be in that day.”

“shall there: Pro 21:3, Pro 21:4; Isa 23:18; Oba 1:17; Zep 2:11; Mal 1:11; Luk 11:41; Act 10:15; Act 10:28, Act 11:9, Act 15:9; Rom 14:17, Rom 14:18; Col 3:17, Col 3:22-24; Tit 1:15, Tit 1:16; Pe1 4:11 bells: or, bridles, Exo 28:33-35 HOLINESS: Exo 28:36, Exo 39:30; Lev 8:9; Psa 110:3; Co1 3:16, Co1 3:17; Pe1 2:5, Pe1 2:9; Rev 1:6; Rev 5:10, Rev 20:6 and the: Lev 6:28; Sa1 2:14; Eze 46:20-24 the bowls: Zac 9:15; Exo 25:29, Exo 37:16; Num 4:7, Num 4:14, Num 7:13, Num 7:19, Num 7:84, Num 7:85; Ch2 4:8 \*marg. Zechariah 14:21”

“Zac 14:20. "In that day there will stand upon the bells of the horses, Holy to Jehovah; and the pots in the house of Jehovah will be like the sacrificial bowls before the altar. Zac 14:21. And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to Jehovah of hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take of them, and boil therein; and there will be no Canaanite any more in the house of Jehovah of hosts in that day." The meaning of Zac 14:20 is not exhausted by the explanation given by Michaelis, Ewald, and others, that even the horses will then be consecrated to the Lord. The words קדשׁ ליהוה were engraven upon the gold plate on the tiara of the high priest, in the characters used in engravings…”