What Does Zechariah 3:10 Mean in the King James?
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Restoration arrives as an invitation: the call gathers a neighbor beneath the same shade and fruit.
THE MEANING
Wholeness takes shape as you call your neighbor to sit beneath the same vine and fig tree that shelter you. The scene is shared ease, with provision already there and open to another person.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the belief that you can be fully restored while keeping the signs of abundance to yourself.
THE ROOT
תִּקְרְאוּ
tiqreʾu
GROWS FROM
קרא
To call, summon, or proclaim; also to name or read aloud.
The word translated “call” carries the sense of summoning someone into presence. Its root also forms a word for a convocation: here, the call is the beginning of a gathering beneath shared shade and fruit.
ALSO GROWS
qārāʾ: To call out, summon, or proclaim.
קָרָא
This is the root verb behind the verse’s invitation to the neighbor.
miqra: A summoned gathering or convocation.
מִקְרָא
This related word shows how a call can become a gathering; the neighbor is drawn into a shared place, not left outside the scene.
THE PATTERN
Restoration takes visible form as safe, shared enjoyment of provision.
And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,THE THREAD
But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.Micah uses the same two trees and adds that no one makes the seated person afraid. Zechariah’s call to the neighbor shows what that safety looks like between people: the rest is shared, and the invitation is part of the restoration.
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