1A day of the Lord is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.2I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.3Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle.4On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south.5You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake[1] in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.6On that day there will be neither sunlight nor cold, frosty darkness.7It will be a unique day – a day known only to the Lord – with no distinction between day and night. When evening comes, there will be light.8On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.9The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.10The whole land, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become like the Arabah. But Jerusalem will be raised up high from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses, and will remain in its place.11It will be inhabited; never again will it be destroyed. Jerusalem will be secure.12This is the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.13On that day people will be stricken by the Lord with great panic. They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another.14Judah too will fight at Jerusalem. The wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected – great quantities of gold and silver and clothing.15A similar plague will strike the horses and mules, the camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.16Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.17If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain.18If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The Lord[2] will bring on them the plague he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.19This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.20On that day ‘Holy to the Lord’ will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the Lord’s house will be like the sacred bowls in front of the altar.21Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the Lord Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite[3] in the house of the Lord Almighty.
Zechariah 14
English Standard Version
The Coming Day of the Lord
1Behold, a day is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. (Joe 1:15)2For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. (Isa 13:16; La 5:11; Joe 3:2; Zec 13:8; Mt 24:40; Lu 21:24)3Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. (Zec 12:9)4On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward. (2Sa 15:30; Eze 11:23; Zec 12:3; Zec 14:1; Zec 14:10)5And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.[1] (Am 1:1)6On that day there shall be no light, cold, or frost.[2] (Isa 60:19; Zec 14:4; Re 21:23)7And there shall be a unique[3] day, which is known to the Lord, neither day nor night, but at evening time there shall be light. (Isa 30:26; Mt 24:36; Re 21:25)8On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea[4] and half of them to the western sea.[5] It shall continue in summer as in winter. (Isa 33:16; Isa 33:21; Eze 47:1; Joe 2:20; Joe 3:18; Zec 14:4; Joh 4:10; Re 22:1)9And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day the Lord will be one and his name one. (Ps 47:7; Zec 12:3; Zec 13:2; Zec 14:1; Zec 14:16; Mal 1:14; Eph 4:5)10The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem shall remain aloft on its site from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses. (Jos 15:32; Jos 18:24; Ne 3:1; Isa 2:2; Isa 40:4; Jer 31:38; Jer 37:13; Zec 2:4; Zec 12:6; Zec 14:4)11And it shall be inhabited, for there shall never again be a decree of utter destruction.[6] Jerusalem shall dwell in security. (Jer 23:6; Re 22:3)12And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. (Zec 14:15; Zec 14:18)13And on that day a great panic from the Lord shall fall on them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other. (1Sa 14:20; Hag 2:22; Zec 12:3)14Even Judah will fight at Jerusalem.[7] And the wealth of all the surrounding nations shall be collected, gold, silver, and garments in great abundance. (Eze 39:10; Zec 12:2)15And a plague like this plague shall fall on the horses, the mules, the camels, the donkeys, and whatever beasts may be in those camps. (Zec 14:12)16Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Booths. (Le 23:34; Le 23:39; Na 1:15; Zec 8:21; Zec 14:9)17And if any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, there will be no rain on them. (1Ki 17:1; Isa 60:12; Zec 14:16)18And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves, then on them there shall be no rain;[8] there shall be the plague with which the Lord afflicts the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths. (Zec 14:15; Zec 14:16)19This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths. (Zec 14:16)20And on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, “Holy to the Lord.” And the pots in the house of the Lord shall be as the bowls before the altar. (Ex 28:36; Isa 23:18; Mic 4:13; Zec 12:3)21And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holy to the Lord of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil the meat of the sacrifice in them. And there shall no longer be a trader[9] in the house of the Lord of hosts on that day. (De 7:1; Eze 44:9; Joe 3:17; Zec 14:20)