Zechariah 14:1–20

The Lord Comes and Reigns

14A day of the Lord^w is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions^x will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.

²I will gather all the nations^y to Jerusalem to fight against it;^z the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped.^a Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.^{b 3}Then the Lord will go out and fight^c against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle.^{d 4}On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,^e east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split^f 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^ag in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come,^h and all the holy ones with him.ⁱ

⁶On that day there will be neither sunlight^j nor cold, frosty darkness. ⁷It will be a unique^k day—a day known only to the Lord—with no distinction between day and night.^l When evening comes, there will be light.^m

⁸On that day living waterⁿ will flow^o out from Jerusalem, half of it east^p to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.^q

⁹The Lord will be king^r over the whole earth.^s On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.^t

¹⁰The whole land, from Geba^u to Rimmon,^v south of Jerusalem, will become like the Arabah. But Jerusalem will be raised up^w high from the Benjamin Gate^x to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate,^y and from the Tower of Hananel^z to the royal winepresses, and will remain in its place.^{a 11}It will be inhabited;^b never again will it be destroyed. Jerusalem will be secure.^c

¹²This is the plague with which the Lord will strike^d 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.^{e 13}On that day people will be stricken by the Lord with great panic.^f They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another.^{g 14}Judah^h too will fight at Jerusalem. The wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collectedⁱ—great quantities of gold and silver and clothing. ¹⁵A similar plague^j will strike the horses and mules, the camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.

¹⁶Then the survivors^k from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship^l the King,^m the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.^{n 17}If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship^o the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain.^{p 18}If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The Lord^b will bring on them the plague^q he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.^{r 19}This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.^s

²⁰On that day holy to the Lord^t will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots^u in the Lord’s house will be like the sacred bowls^v in front of the altar.