Zechariah 14:1–9

The Day Is Coming

^1–214Note well: God’s Judgment Day is on the way:

“Plunder will be piled high and handed out.

I’m bringing all the godless nations

to war against Jerusalem—

Houses plundered,

women raped,

Half the city taken into exile,

the other half left behind.”

^3–5But then God will march out against the godless nations and fight—a great war! That’s the Day he’ll take his stand on the Mount of Olives, facing Jerusalem from the east. The Mount of Olives will be split right down the middle, from east to west, leaving a wide valley. Half the mountain will shift north, the other half south. Then you will run for your lives down the valley, your escape route that will take you all the way to Azal. You’ll run for your lives, just as you ran on the day of the great earthquake in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah. Then my God will arrive and all the holy angels with him.

^6–7What a Day that will be! No more cold nights—in fact, no more nights! The Day is coming—the timing is God’s—when it will be continuous day. Every evening will be a fresh morning.

⁸What a Day that will be! Fresh flowing rivers out of Jerusalem, half to the eastern sea, half to the western sea, flowing year-round, summer and winter!

⁹God will be king over all the earth, one God and only one. What a Day that will be!