Zechariah 14:1-15

1There will be a day when your enemies will take away everything. They will take away everything that is yours. They will each have some of your things.

2I will bring soldiers from all countries to fight against Jerusalem. They will go into the city and they will rob the houses. They will have sex with the women. They will lead away half the people to other countries. They will let the other half stay in Jerusalem.

3Then the Lord will go out. And he will fight against the people from those countries as in past years.

4On that day, the Lord's feet will stand on the Mount of Olives. This mountain is east of Jerusalem. It will break in two from east to west and it will make a wide valley. Half of the mountain will move north and half of the mountain will move south.

5In the time of Uzziah, king of Judah, you ran away when the earth moved. You will do this again. Then the Lord will come. And all those who are holy will come with him.

6On that day, it will not be light in some places and dark in other places.

7It will be a day like no other day. There will be no night. When it is evening, there will still be light. Only the Lord himself will know that day.

8On that day, water will come out from Jerusalem. Half of this water will go towards the sea in the east. Half of this water will go towards the sea in the west. This will go on during summer and winter.

9The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day, there will be only one Lord and he will have only one name.

10All the land, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become flat. But Jerusalem will rise and it will be high in its place. The city will be from the Gate of Benjamin to the Corner Gate and to the High Building of Hananel. The place where the servants of the king make his wine will be in it too.

11Jerusalem will be safe. People will live there. Nobody will destroy Jerusalem ever again.

12The Lord will make the people sick that fought against Jerusalem. Their bodies will become bad as they stand on their feet. Their eyes will become bad and they will fall out. And their tongues will become bad in their mouths.

13On that day, the Lord will make men so afraid that each man will attack the man next to him.

14Judah also will go to Jerusalem and they will fight. They will take every good thing from all the countries. There will be a lot of expensive metals and many rich clothes.

15The horses and all the other animals will be sick. And they will die as the soldiers died.