Zechariah chapter 1
A call to return to Jehovah
1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,
2 “ The Lord was very angry with your ancestors.
3 Therefore tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Return to me,” declares the Lord Almighty, “and I will return to you,” says the Lord Almighty.
4 Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets cried out, saying, “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention,” declares the Lord.
5 Where are your ancestors now? And the prophets? Do they live forever?
6 But did not my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors? So they returned and said, “The Lord Almighty dealt with us according to our ways and our deeds, just as he dealt with us.”’”
The vision of horses
7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:
8 “ I saw in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow. Behind him were red, dappled, and white horses.
9 Then I said, ‘What are these, my lord?’ And the angel who was speaking with me said to me, ‘I will show you what these are.’
10 And the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered and said, ‘These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to patrol the earth.’
11 And they spoke to the angel of the Lord who was among the myrtle trees and said, ‘We have patrolled the earth, and behold, the whole earth is at rest and quiet.’”
12 The angel of the Lord answered and said, “O Lord of hosts, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have been angry these seventy years?”
13 And the Lord answered the angel who was speaking with me with gracious and comforting words.
14 And the angel who was speaking with me said, “Cry out, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and Zion.
15 And I am exceedingly angry with the nations that are at ease; for when I was only a little angry, they made the disaster worse.’”
16 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: “I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy, and in it my house will be rebuilt,” declares the Lord Almighty, “and the plumb line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.”
17 Call out again, saying: “This is what the Lord Almighty says: My cities will again overflow with abundant prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.”
Vision of the horns and the carpenters
18 Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, four horns.
19 And I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he answered me, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
20 Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen.
21 And I said, “What have these come to do?” And he answered me, saying, “Those are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one lifted up his head; but these have come to make them tremble, to cast down the horns of the nations that lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
Zechariah Chapter 2
Appeal to the captives
1 Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a man had a measuring line in his hand.
2 And I said to him, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.”
3 And behold, the angel who was talking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him,
4 and said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls, because of the multitude of people and livestock in it.’
5 I myself, declares the Lord, will be a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in its midst.
6 “Oh, oh, flee from the land of the north, declares the Lord, for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven, declares the Lord.
7 O Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon, escape!
8 For thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘After the glory he will send me against the nations that plundered you; For whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye.
9 For behold, I will lift up my hand against them, and they will become plunder for his servants, and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.
10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I am coming, and I will dwell in your midst, says the Lord.
11 Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people, and I will dwell in your midst; and then you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
12 And the Lord shall possess Judah as his inheritance in the holy land, and he shall again choose Jerusalem.
13 Let all flesh be silent before the Lord, for he has risen from his holy dwelling.
Zechariah Chapter 3
The vision of the high priest Joshua
1 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
2 The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this man a brand plucked from the fire?”
3 Now Joshua was clothed in filthy garments and was standing before the angel.
4 The angel spoke and commanded those who stood before him, saying, “Take off his filthy garments.” And to him he said, “See, I have taken away your sin from you, and I will clothe you with rich robes.”
5 Then he said, “Put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with the robes. And the angel of the Lord was standing there.
6 Then the angel of the Lord admonished Joshua, saying,
7 “ This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in my ways and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.
’ 8 Now listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your associates who sit before you, who are symbolic men: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.
9 See, the stone I have set before Joshua—on this one stone are seven eyes. I will engrave an inscription on it, declares the Lord Almighty, and I will remove the sin of the land in a single day.
10 On that day, declares the Lord Almighty, each of you will invite your neighbor to a feast under your vine and under your fig tree.”
Zechariah Chapter 4
The golden candlestick and the olive trees
1 The angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from sleep.
2 He said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl on top of it, seven lamps on the stand, and seven pipes for the lamps on top of it.
3 Beside it are two olive trees, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”
4 I continued speaking to the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
5 The angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
6 Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts.
7 ‘Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain; He will lay the cornerstone with shouts of, “Grace, grace to it!”
8 The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
9 “ The hands of Zerubbabel will lay the foundation of this house, and his hands will finish it. Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.
10 For those who despised the day of small things will rejoice when they see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand. These seven are the eyes of the Lord, ranging throughout the whole earth.”
11 Then I spoke to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”
12 I spoke to him again, “What are the two olive branches pouring out golden oil through two golden pipes?”
13 And he answered me, saying, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “My lord, no.”
14 And he said, “These are the two anointed ones who stand before the Lord of all the earth.”
Zechariah Chapter 5
The flying roll
1 Again I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a scroll was flying.
2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I answered, “I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”
3 Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth; for everyone who steals (as it is on one side of the scroll) will be destroyed, and everyone who swears falsely (as it is on the other side of the scroll) will be destroyed.
4 I have brought it forth, says the Lord of hosts, and it will come upon the house of the thief, and upon the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the midst of his house and consume it, both its timbers and its stones.”
The woman in the ephah
5 Then the angel who was speaking with me came out and said to me, “Lift up your eyes now and see what this is that is going up.”
6 I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is an ephah going up.” He also said, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”
7 And behold, they lifted up the lead cover, and a woman was sitting inside the ephah.
8 He said, “This is Wickedness,” and he threw her into the ephah and poured the lead weight into the mouth of the ephah.
9 Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, two women were coming out, and the wind was in their wings, and they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between earth and heaven.
10 I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the ephah?”
11 He answered me, “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar; and when it is ready, they will set it on its foundation.”
Zechariah Chapter 6
The four cars
1 Again I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, four chariots were coming out from between two mountains; and those mountains were bronze.
2 In the first chariot were red horses, in the second chariot black horses,
3 in the third chariot white horses, and in the fourth chariot dappled gray horses.
4 Then I answered and said to the angel who was speaking with me, “My lord, what are these?”
5 And the angel answered and said to me, “These are the four winds of heaven, which go out from presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.”
6 The chariot with the black horses went toward the north country, and the white horses went out after them, and the dappled horses went toward the south country.
7 And the red horses went out and hurried to go and patrol the earth. And he said, “Go and patrol the earth.” So they patrolled the earth.
8 Then he called to me and spoke to me, saying, “See, those who went toward the north country have made my Spirit rest in the north country.”
Symbolic coronation of Joshua
9 The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
10 “ Take some of the exiles from Heldai, Tobiah, and Jedaiah, who have returned from Babylon, and go that day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.
11 Take silver and gold and make crowns and place them on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
12 Then tell him, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: “The Man whose name is the Branch will sprout from his roots and build the temple of the Lord.”’
13 He will build the temple of the Lord, and he will bear the glory, and he will sit and rule on his throne, and there will be a priest at his side; and there will be a counsel of peace between them.
14 The crowns will serve as a memorial in the temple of the Lord for Helem, Tobiah, Jedaiah, and Hen son of Zephaniah.
15 And those who are far away will come and help to build the temple of the Lord, and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. And this will happen if you obey the voice of the Lord your God.
Zechariah Chapter 7
Fasting that God disapproves of
1 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Kislev.
2 The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer, Regem-melech, and his men to entreat the Lord’s favor
3 and to speak to the priests and prophets who were in the house of the Lord Almighty, saying, “Shall we weep in the fifth month? Shall we abstain as we have done for some years now?”
4 The word of the Lord Almighty came to me:
5 “ Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying: ‘When you fasted and wept in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, did you fast for me?
6 And when you eat and drink, do you not eat and drink for yourselves?’”
7 Are these not the words that Jehovah proclaimed through the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and at peace, and its surrounding cities and the Negev and the Shephelah were also inhabited?
Disobedience, the cause of captivity
8 Then the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying,
9 “ This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.
10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against your neighbor.’”
11 But they refused to listen; they turned their backs and stopped up their ears.
12 They made their hearts as hard as flint, refusing to listen to the law or the words the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore the Lord Almighty was very angry.
13 Just as he called, and they did not listen, so they called, and I did not listen, declares the Lord Almighty.
14 But I scattered them like a whirlwind among all the nations they did not know, and the land was laid waste after them, with no one to come or go. They made the pleasant land a desert.
Zechariah Chapter 8
Promise of the restoration of Jerusalem
1 The word of the Lord Almighty came to me:
2 “ This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I was very jealous for Zion, and my jealousy for her was intense.’
3 This is what the Lord says: ‘I will restore Zion and will dwell in Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.’
4 This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Once again old men and women will sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in their hand because of their advanced age.
5 The streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.
’ 6 This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If these things seem marvelous to the remnant of this people in those days, how marvelous will they be in my eyes?’ declares the Lord Almighty.
7 This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will save my people from the land of the east and from the land of the west;
8 I will bring them back, and they will live in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, faithful and righteous.
9 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Let your hands be strong, you who in these days hear these words from the prophets—from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the Lord Almighty, to build his temple.
10 For before these days there was no wage for man or beast, and no peace for anyone going out or coming in because of the enemy. I set everyone against their neighbor.
11 But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as I did in those days,” declares the Lord Almighty.
12 “For there will be a sowing of peace. The vine will yield its fruit, the ground will produce its crops, and the heavens will drop their dew. All this I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit.”
13 And it shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you shall be a blessing. Do not be afraid, but let your hands be strong.
14 For thus says the Lord of hosts: As I purposed to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked me to anger, says the Lord of hosts, and I did not relent,
15 so, on the contrary, I have purposed to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah in these days; do not be afraid.
16 These are the things you shall do: Speak truthfully to one another; render true and sound judgment in your courts.
17 And let none of you plot evil in your heart against your neighbor, nor love false oaths; for all these are things that I hate, says the Lord.
18 The word of the Lord Almighty came to me:
19 “ This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will become joyful and glad occasions and festive celebrations for the people of Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.’
20 This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come.
21 People from one city will go to another and say, “Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord Almighty. I myself will go.”’
22 Many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to entreat the favor of the Lord Almighty.
23 This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In those days ten people from all languages and nations will take hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, “Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.”’
Zechariah Chapter 9
Punishment from neighboring nations
1 The prophecy of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach and against Damascus; for the eyes of men must look to the Lord, even to all the tribes of Israel.
2 Hamath will also be included in its territory; Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
3 Although Tyre has built itself a fortress and heaped up silver like dust and gold like mud in the streets,
4 behold, the Lord will impoverish it and strike its power at the sea, and it will be consumed by fire.
5 Ashkelon will see and be afraid; Gaza also, and it will grieve greatly; likewise Ekron, for its hope will be put to shame; the king of Gaza will perish, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
6 A foreigner will dwell in Ashdod, and I will put an end to the pride of the Philistines.
7 I will remove the blood from their mouths and their abominations from between their teeth. A remnant will remain for our God, and they will be like leaders in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
8 I will encamp around my house as a guard, so that no one may pass through or come in, and the oppressor will no longer pass over them, for now I will look with my own eyes.
The future king of Zion
9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout aloud, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 I will destroy the chariots from Ephraim and the horses from Jerusalem, and the battle bows will be broken. He will proclaim peace to the nations, and his rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.
11 You also will be saved by the blood of your covenant; I have brought your prisoners out of the waterless pit.
12 Return to your stronghold, you prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore double to you.
13 For I have bent Judah like a bow for myself, and made Ephraim its arrow; I will rouse your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and make you like the sword of a mighty man.
14 The Lord will appear over them, and his arrow will flash like lightning; the Lord God will sound the trumpet and march in the whirlwinds of the south.
15 The Lord Almighty will defend them, and they will devour and trample down sling stones; they will drink and shout like those drunk with wine, and they will be filled like bowls or like the horns of the altar.
16 On that day the Lord their God will save them as a flock of his people; they will be like jewels in a crown in his land.
17 How great is his goodness, how great his beauty! Grain will make the young men glad, and new wine the young women.
Zechariah Chapter 10
Jehovah will redeem his people
1 Ask the Lord for rain in the spring season. The Lord will send lightning and give you abundant showers, and green grass in the field for everyone.
2 For the household gods have given false warnings, and the diviners have seen lies; they have spoken false dreams, and their comfort is worthless. Therefore the people wander like sheep, and are afflicted because they have no shepherd.
3 My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders; but the Lord of hosts will visit his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them like his majestic warhorse.
4 From him will come the cornerstone, from him the peg, from him the battle bow, from him also every weapon.
5 They will be like mighty warriors in battle, trampling the enemy in the mud of the streets; they will fight, for the Lord is with them; and the riders on horses will be put to shame.
6 For I will strengthen the house of Judah and preserve the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back. I will have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the Lord their God, and I will answer them.
7 Ephraim will be like a mighty warrior, and their hearts will rejoice as with wine. Their children will see it and be glad; their hearts will rejoice in the Lord.
8 I will whistle for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them, and they will be as numerous as before.
9 Though I scatter them among the nations, even in distant lands they will remember me; they and their children will live and return.
10 For I will bring them back from the land of Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to the land of Gilead and Lebanon, but it will not be enough for them.
11 The tribulation will pass through the sea, and strike the waves of the sea, and all the depths of the river will dry up; the pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will perish.
12 And I will strengthen them in the Lord, and they will walk in his name, says the Lord.
Zechariah Chapter 11
1 Open your gates, Lebanon, and let fire devour your cedars.
2 Wail, cypress, for the cedar has fallen, for the mighty trees are felled. Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the thick forest is cut down.
3 The wailing of shepherds, for their splendor is laid waste; the roaring of young lions, for the glory of the Jordan is destroyed.
The useless shepherds
4 This is what the Lord my God says: “Feed the flock destined for slaughter,
5 whose buyers kill them and take no responsibility. The seller says, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I have become rich,’ but even their shepherds have no compassion on them.
6 Therefore, I will no longer have compassion on the inhabitants of the land,” declares the Lord. “I will surely hand everyone over to their neighbor and to their king, and they will lay waste the land, and I will not rescue them from their hands.”
7 So I fed the flock destined for slaughter, the poor of the flock. I took two staffs for myself: I called one Grace and the other Bonds, and I fed the flock.
8 In one month I destroyed three shepherds, for my soul was impatient with them, and their souls also hated me.
9 I said, “I will not feed you; Let her who dies, die; let her who is lost, perish; and let those who remain, each one eat the flesh of her companion.
10 Then I took my staff, Grace, and broke it, to break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
11 And it was broken that day, and so the poor of the flock who looked to me knew that it was the word of the Lord.
12 And I said to them, “If it seems good to you, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” And they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
13 Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter—the handsome price at which they valued me!” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord, to the potter.
14Quebré luego el otro cayado, Ataduras, para romper la hermandad entre Judá e Israel.
15Y me dijo Jehová: Toma aún los aperos de un pastor insensato;
16porque he aquí, yo levanto en la tierra a un pastor que no visitará las perdidas, ni buscará la pequeña, ni curará la perniquebrada, ni llevará la cansada a cuestas, sino que comerá la carne de la gorda, y romperá sus pezuñas.
17¡Ay del pastor inútil que abandona el ganado! Hiera la espada su brazo, y su ojo derecho; del todo se secará su brazo, y su ojo derecho será enteramente oscurecido.
Zechariah Chapter 12
Future liberation of Jerusalem
1 The oracle of the word of the Lord concerning Israel. The Lord, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him, says:
2 “ Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the surrounding peoples as they besiege Judah.
3 And in that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured, though all the nations of the earth gather against it.
4 In that day, declares the Lord, I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness; but I will open my eyes to the house of Judah, and I will strike every horse of the nations with blindness.
5 Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem have strength in the Lord of hosts, their God.’
6 In that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a fiery furnace among wood, and like a burning torch among sheaves; They will consume all the surrounding peoples to the right and to the left, but Jerusalem will again be inhabited in its place.
7 The Lord will deliver the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not be greater than Judah.
8 On that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them.
9 On that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 And I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
11 On that day there will be great weeping in Jerusalem, like the weeping of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddo.
12 And the land shall mourn, each clan by itself: the descendants of the house of David by themselves, and their wives by themselves; the descendants of the house of Nathan by themselves, and their wives by themselves;
13 the descendants of the house of Levi by themselves, and their wives by themselves; the descendants of Shimei by themselves, and their wives by themselves;
14 all the other clans, each by itself, and their wives by themselves
Zechariah Chapter 13
1 At that time a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
2 And on that day, declares the Lord Almighty, I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and they will be remembered no more. I will also cut off the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
3 And it will come to pass, when anyone still prophesies, that his father and mother who gave him life will say to him, “You shall not live, because you have spoken lies in the name of the Lord.” And his father and mother who gave him life will pierce him through when he prophesies.
4 And it will come to pass at that time that all the prophets will be ashamed of their visions when they prophesy; never again will they wear the hairy garment to lie.
5 And he will say, “I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the ground, for I have been in the fields since my youth.”
6 And they will ask him, “What are these wounds on your hands?” And he will answer: With them I was wounded in the house of my friends.
Jehovah's shepherd is wounded
7 “Awake, O sword, against the shepherd, against the man who is my companion,” declares the Lord Almighty. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 “In all the land,” declares the Lord, “two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but one-third will be left.
9 This third I will throw into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”
Zechariah Chapter 14
Jerusalem and the nations
1 Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, and your spoil will be divided in your midst.
2 For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; the city will be taken, the houses plundered, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into captivity, but the remnant of the people will not be cut off from the city.
3 Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights in the day of battle.
4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a very large valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south.
5 You will flee to the valley of the mountains, for the valley of the mountains will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.
6 On that day there will be neither light nor darkness.
7 It will be a day known only to the Lord, neither day nor night, but at evening there will be light.
8 On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the eastern sea and half toward the western sea, in summer and in winter.
9 The Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day the Lord will be one, and his name one.
10 The whole land will become like the plain from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be raised up and inhabited in its place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.
11 People will live in it, and there will be no more curse, but Jerusalem will be inhabited securely.
12 This will be the plague with which the Lord will strike 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.
13 On that day a great panic from the Lord will seize them, and they will seize each other’s hands and turn against each other.
14 Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered together—gold, silver, and clothing in great abundance.
15 This will also be the plague on the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.
16 All the survivors from the nations that attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.
17 If any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, they will receive no rain.
18 If the people of Egypt do not go up and do not come, they will receive no rain; the plague with which the Lord strikes the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles will come upon them.
19 This will be the punishment for the sin of Egypt and for the sin of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.
20 On that day, HOLINESS TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the Lord will be like the bowls before the altar.
21 And every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holy to the Lord of hosts; and all who sacrifice shall come and take some of them, and cook in them; and on that day there shall no longer be a merchant in the house of the Lord of hosts.