New American Standard Bible 1995
Zechariah 14:3-21
3Then the Lord will go forth and 1fight against those nations, as 2when He fights on a day of battle. 4In that day His feet will 3stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be 4split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south. 5You will flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azel; yes, you will flee just as you fled before the 5earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. 6Then the Lord, my God, will come, and all the holy ones with 7Him!
6In that day there will be 8no light; the 9luminaries will dwindle. 7For it will be 10a unique day which is 11known to the Lord, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at 12evening time there will be light.
8And in that day 13living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter.
9And the Lord will be 14king over all the earth; in that day the Lord will be the only 15one, and His name the only one.
10All the land will be changed into a plain from 16Geba to 17Rimmon south of Jerusalem; but 18Jerusalem will 19rise and 20remain on its site from 21Benjamin’s Gate as far as the place of the First Gate to the 22Corner Gate, and from the 23Tower of Hananel to the king’s wine presses. 1124People will live in it, and there will 25no longer be a curse, for Jerusalem will 26dwell in security.
12Now this will be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will 27rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth. 13It will come about in that day that a great panic from the Lord will 28fall on them; and they will 29seize one another’s hand, and the hand of one will 30be lifted against the hand of another. 1431Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; and the 32wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered, gold and silver and garments in great abundance. 15So also like this 33plague will be the plague on the horse, the mule, the camel, the donkey and all the cattle that will be in those camps.
16Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will 34go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to celebrate the 35Feast of Booths. 17And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the 36King, the Lord of hosts, there will be 37no rain on them. 18If the family of Egypt does not go up or enter, then no rain will fall on them; it will be the 38plague with which the Lord smites the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths. 19This will be the 39punishment of Egypt, and the 40punishment of all the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths.
20In that day there will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, “41HOLY TO THE LORD.” And the 42cooking pots in the Lord’s house will be like the bowls before the altar. 21Every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be 43holy to the Lord of hosts; and all who sacrifice will come and take of them and boil in them. And there will no longer be a 4445Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts in that day.
Notes
- 1. Zechariah 14:3 Zech 9:14, 15 ↩
- 2. Zechariah 14:3 Lit His day of fighting ↩
- 3. Zechariah 14:4 Ezek 11:23 ↩
- 4. Zechariah 14:4 Is 64:1, 2; Ezek 47:1-10; Mic 1:3, 4; Hab 3:6; Zech 4:7; 14:8 ↩
- 5. Zechariah 14:5 Is 29:6; Amos 1:1 ↩
- 6. Zechariah 14:5 Ps 96:13; Is 66:15, 16; Matt 16:27; 25:31 ↩
- 7. Zechariah 14:5 So the versions; Heb You ↩
- 8. Zechariah 14:6 Is 13:10; Jer 4:23; Ezek 32:7, 8; Joel 2:30, 31; Acts 2:16, 19 ↩
- 9. Zechariah 14:6 Lit glorious ones will congeal ↩
- 10. Zechariah 14:7 Jer 30:7; Amos 8:9 ↩
- 11. Zechariah 14:7 Is 45:21; Acts 15:18 ↩
- 12. Zechariah 14:7 Is 58:10; Rev 22:5 ↩
- 13. Zechariah 14:8 Ezek 47:1-12; Joel 3:18; John 7:38; Rev 22:1, 2 ↩
- 14. Zechariah 14:9 Is 2:2-4; 45:23; Zech 9:9; 14:16, 17 ↩
- 15. Zechariah 14:9 Deut 6:4; Is 45:21-24 ↩
- 16. Zechariah 14:10 1 Kin 15:22 ↩
- 17. Zechariah 14:10 Josh 15:32; Judg 20:45, 47 ↩
- 18. Zechariah 14:10 Lit it ↩
- 19. Zechariah 14:10 Is 2:2; Amos 9:11 ↩
- 20. Zechariah 14:10 Jer 30:18; Zech 12:6 ↩
- 21. Zechariah 14:10 Jer 37:13; 38:7 ↩
- 22. Zechariah 14:10 2 Kin 14:13 ↩
- 23. Zechariah 14:10 Jer 31:38 ↩
- 24. Zechariah 14:11 Lit They ↩
- 25. Zechariah 14:11 Zech 8:13; Rev 22:3 ↩
- 26. Zechariah 14:11 Jer 23:5, 6; Ezek 34:25-28 ↩
- 27. Zechariah 14:12 Lev 26:16; Deut 28:21, 22 ↩
- 28. Zechariah 14:13 Lit be among ↩
- 29. Zechariah 14:13 Zech 11:6 ↩
- 30. Zechariah 14:13 Lit rise up against ↩
- 31. Zechariah 14:14 Zech 12:2, 5 ↩
- 32. Zechariah 14:14 Is 23:18; Zech 14:1 ↩
- 33. Zechariah 14:15 Zech 14:12 ↩
- 34. Zechariah 14:16 Is 60:6-9; 66:18-21, 23 ↩
- 35. Zechariah 14:16 Lev 23:34-44 ↩
- 36. Zechariah 14:17 Zech 14:9, 16 ↩
- 37. Zechariah 14:17 Jer 14:3-6; Amos 4:7 ↩
- 38. Zechariah 14:18 Zech 14:12, 15 ↩
- 39. Zechariah 14:19 Lit sin ↩
- 40. Zechariah 14:19 Lit sin ↩
- 41. Zechariah 14:20 Ex 28:36-38 ↩
- 42. Zechariah 14:20 Ezek 46:20 ↩
- 43. Zechariah 14:21 Neh 8:10; Rom 14:6, 7; 1 Cor 10:31 ↩
- 44. Zechariah 14:21 Or merchant ↩
- 45. Zechariah 14:21 Zeph 1:11 ↩
Commentaries on Zechariah 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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