CLAIM: The fullness of this prophecy will take place when Israel enters into an alliance with the Antichrist, called the covenant of death. The Antichrist will break this covenant, three and a half years before Jesus’ Second Coming, and then Jerusalem will be trampled (v. 18). This may have been partially fulfilled when Israel made a covenant with Egypt in the face of Assyria’s military aggression in the days of Isaiah. Jesus will deliver Israel at His return as seen in Isaiah 28:16-17 (Mt. 21:42; Mk. 12:10; Lk. 20:17; Acts 4:11 Rom. 9:33).
Possible partial historical fulfillment. v16-17 speak of His first coming. The timing can be inferred from the context, and Paul speaks that Christ is the cornerstone already laid (Ephesians 2:20), and is directly referenced as Christ in 1 Peter 2:6. Attempting to shift this to the future seems to go against the grain of the teaching of the apostles, even if it is a minor point.