Zechariah 14

Yahweh's Intervention in Battle Zechariah 14:3–5

³Verse 3. Then Yahweh will go out and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. ⁴Verse 4. His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in two, from east to west, making a very great valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south. ⁵Verse 5. You shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azel; yes, you shall flee, just like you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Yahweh my God will come, and all the holy ones with you.

A Unique Day Zechariah 14:6–7

⁶Verse 6. It will happen in that day, that there will not be light, cold, or frost. ⁷Verse 7. It will be a unique day which is known to Yahweh; not day, and not night; but it will come to pass, that at evening time there will be light.

Living Waters and Divine Kingship Zechariah 14:8–9

⁸Verse 8. It will happen in that day, that living waters will go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea; in summer and in winter will it be. ⁹Verse 9. Yahweh will be King over all the earth. In that day Yahweh will be one, and his name one.

Restoration of the Land Zechariah 14:10–11

¹⁰Verse 10. All the land will be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up, and will dwell in her place, from Benjamin’s gate to the place of the first gate, to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel to the king’s wine presses. ¹¹Verse 11. Men will dwell therein, and there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem will dwell safely.

Judgment on Opponents Zechariah 14:12–15

¹²Verse 12. This will be the plague with which Yahweh will strike all the peoples who have fought against Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their tongue will consume away in their mouth. ¹³Verse 13. It will happen in that day, that a great panic from Yahweh will be among them; and they will lay hold everyone on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand will rise up against the hand of his neighbor. ¹⁴Verse 14. Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered together: gold, and silver, and clothing, in great abundance.

¹⁵Verse 15. So will be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the donkey, and of all the animals that will be in those camps, as that plague.

Universal Worship and Holiness Zechariah 14:16–21

¹⁶Verse 16. It will happen that everyone who is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, Yahweh of Armies, and to keep the feast of tents. ¹⁷Verse 17. It will be, that whoever of all the families of the earth doesn’t go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, Yahweh of Armies, on them there will be no rain. ¹⁸Verse 18. If the family of Egypt doesn’t go up, and doesn’t come, neither will it rain on them. This will be the plague with which Yahweh will strike the nations that don’t go up to keep the feast of tents.

¹⁹Verse 19. This will be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that don’t go up to keep the feast of tents. ²⁰Verse 20. In that day there will be on the bells of the horses, “HOLY TO YAHWEH”; and the pots in Yahweh’s house will be like the bowls before the altar. ²¹Verse 21. Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Yahweh of Armies; and all those who sacrifice will come and take of them, and cook in them. In that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of Yahweh of Armies.