14:1 Watch, for the day of the LORD is coming when your possessions will be plundered right in front of you!
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 1 , Watch, for the day of the LORD is coming when your possessions will be plundered right in front of you!
14:2 On that day I will gather all the nations to fight against Jerusalem. The city will be taken, the houses plundered, and the women raped. Half the population will be taken away into captivity, and half will be left among the ruins of the city.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 2 , On that day I will gather all the nations to fight against Jerusalem. The city will be taken, the houses plundered, and the women raped. Half the population will be taken away into captivity, and half will be left among the ruins of the city.
14:3 Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as he has fought in times past.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 3 , Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as he has fought in times past.
14:4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives will split apart, making a wide valley running from east to west, for half the mountain will move toward the north and half toward the south.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 4 , On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives will split apart, making a wide valley running from east to west, for half the mountain will move toward the north and half toward the south.
14:5 You will flee through this valley, for it will reach across to Azal. Yes, you will flee as you did from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all his holy ones with him.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 5 , You will flee through this valley, for it will reach across to Azal. Yes, you will flee as you did from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all his holy ones with him.
14:6 On that day the sources of light will no longer shine,
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 6 , On that day the sources of light will no longer shine,
14:7 yet there will be continuous day! Only the LORD knows how this could happen! There will be no normal day and night, for at evening time it will still be light.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 7 , yet there will be continuous day! Only the LORD knows how this could happen! There will be no normal day and night, for at evening time it will still be light.
14:8 On that day life-giving waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half toward the Dead Sea and half toward the Mediterranean, flowing continuously both in summer and in winter.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 8 , On that day life-giving waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half toward the Dead Sea and half toward the Mediterranean, flowing continuously both in summer and in winter.
14:9 And the LORD will be king over all the earth. On that day there will be one LORD--his name alone will be worshiped.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 9 , And the LORD will be king over all the earth. On that day there will be one LORD--his name alone will be worshiped.
14:10 All the land from Geba, north of Judah, to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become one vast plain. But Jerusalem will be raised up in its original place and will be inhabited all the way from the Benjamin Gate over to the site of the old gate, then to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 10 , All the land from Geba, north of Judah, to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become one vast plain. But Jerusalem will be raised up in its original place and will be inhabited all the way from the Benjamin Gate over to the site of the old gate, then to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
14:11 And Jerusalem will be filled, safe at last, never again to be cursed and destroyed.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 11 , And Jerusalem will be filled, safe at last, never again to be cursed and destroyed.
14:12 And the LORD will send a plague on all the nations that fought against Jerusalem. Their people will become like walking corpses, their flesh rotting away. Their eyes will shrivel in their sockets, and their tongues will decay in their mouths.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 12 , And the LORD will send a plague on all the nations that fought against Jerusalem. Their people will become like walking corpses, their flesh rotting away. Their eyes will shrivel in their sockets, and their tongues will decay in their mouths.
14:13 On that day they will be terrified, stricken by the LORD with great panic. They will fight against each other in hand-to-hand combat;
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 13 , On that day they will be terrified, stricken by the LORD with great panic. They will fight against each other in hand-to-hand combat;
14:14 Judah, too, will be fighting at Jerusalem. The wealth of all the neighboring nations will be captured--great quantities of gold and silver and fine clothing.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 14 , Judah, too, will be fighting at Jerusalem. The wealth of all the neighboring nations will be captured--great quantities of gold and silver and fine clothing.
14:15 This same plague will strike the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the other animals in the enemy camps.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 15 , This same plague will strike the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the other animals in the enemy camps.
14:16 In the end, the enemies of Jerusalem who survive the plague will go up to Jerusalem each year to worship the King, the LORD Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 16 , In the end, the enemies of Jerusalem who survive the plague will go up to Jerusalem each year to worship the King, the LORD Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
14:17 And any nation anywhere in the world that refuses to come to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD Almighty, will have no rain.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 17 , And any nation anywhere in the world that refuses to come to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD Almighty, will have no rain.
14:18 And if the people of Egypt refuse to attend the festival, the LORD will punish them with the same plague that he sends on the other nations who refuse to go.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 18 , And if the people of Egypt refuse to attend the festival, the LORD will punish them with the same plague that he sends on the other nations who refuse to go.
14:19 Egypt and the other nations will all be punished if they don't go to celebrate the festival.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 19 , Egypt and the other nations will all be punished if they don't go to celebrate the festival.
14:20 On that day even the harness bells of the horses will be inscribed with these words: SET APART AS HOLY TO THE LORD. And the cooking pots in the Temple of the LORD will be as sacred as the basins used beside the altar.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 20 , On that day even the harness bells of the horses will be inscribed with these words: SET APART AS HOLY TO THE LORD. And the cooking pots in the Temple of the LORD will be as sacred as the basins used beside the altar.
14:21 In fact, every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be set apart as holy to the LORD Almighty. All who come to worship will be free to use any of these pots to boil their sacrifices. And on that day there will no longer be traders in the Temple of the LORD Almighty.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 14 , Verse 21 , In fact, every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be set apart as holy to the LORD Almighty. All who come to worship will be free to use any of these pots to boil their sacrifices. And on that day there will no longer be traders in the Temple of the LORD Almighty.
