Zechariah

The day of the Lord will arrive when people divide spoils among themselves.

I will allow all nations to gather against Jerusalem to attack it. The city will be captured, houses will be looted, and women will be violated. Half of the city’s population will be taken captive, but the remaining will stay.

Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, just as he does during a battle.

On that day, his feet will land on the Mount of Olives, facing Jerusalem to the east; and the Mount of Olives will split in two from east to west, creating a deep valley, with half of the mountain to the north and half to the south.

You will escape through my mountain valley, which will extend as far as Azel. You will flee, just as you fled from the earthquake during the days of Uzziah, king of Judah; and the Lord will come, along with all his holy ones.

On that day, there will be no cold or frost.

It will be a unique day, known to the Lord, without day or night, and when evening comes, there will still be light.

On that day, living water will flow from Jerusalem, half toward the sea in the east, and half toward the sea in the west; it will never dry up in summer or winter.

The Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day, there will be only the Lord, and only his name.

All the land will become a plain, from Geba to Rimmon in the Negeb, but Jerusalem will stand out on its heights, from the Benjamin Gate to the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the tower of Hananel to the royal wine press.

Its people will no longer fear any disaster. Jerusalem will be inhabited and secure.

And this is how the Lord will punish all the nations that made war on Jerusalem: each person’s flesh will rot while he stands, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, their tongues in their mouths.

On that day, the Lord will cause great panic among them: they will seize one another and attack each other,

while the men of Judah fight in Jerusalem. The wealth of all the neighboring nations will be left behind in that place —gold, silver, and garments in large quantities.

A similar plague will strike the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the animals in their camps.

The survivors from all nations that fought against Jerusalem will come, year after year, to worship the Lord, God of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.

If any people on earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, they will have no rain.

If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they, too, will be afflicted with the plague that is destined for those who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.

That will be the punishment for Egypt and for all nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.

On that day, even the bells of the horses shall be inscribed: “Consecrated to the Lord.”

Every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be sacred to the Lord, God of hosts. Therefore, everyone who offers a sacrifice may use them and cook in them. Furthermore, from that day on, there will be no more merchants in the house of the Lord of hosts.