Zechariah 13:8-9
8In the whole land, declares the Lord,two thirds shall be cut off and perish,
aand one third shall be left alive.
9And bI will put this third into the fire,
and refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
cThey will call upon my name,
and dI will answer them.
eI will say, ‘They are my people’;
and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
Zechariah 14:2-4
2For fI will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and gthe city shall be taken hand the houses plundered iand the women raped. jHalf of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 kThen the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. 4 lOn that day his feet shall stand mon nthe Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and othe Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by pa very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward.Zechariah 14:9-21
9And qthe Lord will be king over all the earth. rOn that day the Lord will be sone and this name one.10 uThe whole land shall be turned into a plain from vGeba to wRimmon south of Jerusalem. But xJerusalem shall remain aloft yon its site from zthe Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to aathe Corner Gate, and from abthe Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses. 11And it shall be inhabited, for acthere shall never again be a decree of utter destruction. ▼
▼The Hebrew term rendered decree of utter destruction refers to things devoted (or set apart) to the Lord (or by the Lord) for destruction
aeJerusalem shall dwell in security. 12And this shall be afthe 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.
13And agon that day a great panic from the Lord shall fall on them, so that aheach will seize the hand of another, and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other. 14Even aiJudah will fight at Jerusalem. And ajthe wealth of all the surrounding nations shall be collected, gold, silver, and garments in great abundance. 15And aka plague like this plague shall fall on the horses, the mules, the camels, the donkeys, and whatever beasts may be in those camps.
16Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem alshall go up year after year to worship amthe King, the Lord of hosts, and anto keep aothe Feast of Booths. 17And if apany of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship aqthe King, the Lord of hosts, arthere will be no rain on them. 18And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves, then on them there shall be no rain; ▼
▼Hebrew lacks rain
there shall be atthe plague with which the Lord afflicts the nations that do not go up auto keep the Feast of Booths. 19This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up avto keep the Feast of Booths. 20And awon that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, ax“Holy to the Lord.” And the pots in the house of the Lord shall be as the bowls before the altar. 21And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be ayholy 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 azthere shall no longer be baa trader ▼
▼Or Canaanite
in the house of the Lord of hosts bcon that day.
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