MSB Audio · Zechariah 14
Majority Standard Bible
1 Behold, a day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence.
2 For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
3 Then the LORD will go out to 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 great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.
5 You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.
6 On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.
7 It will be a unique day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.
8 And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.
9 On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
10 All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.
11 People will live there, and never again will there be an utter destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely.
12 And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand 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 come upon them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.
14 Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected—gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.
15 And a similar plague will strike the horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.
16 Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
17 And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them.
18 And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
19 This will be the punishment of Egypt and of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
20 On that day, HOLY 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 sprinkling bowls before the altar.
21 Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Hosts.
KJV
1 ¶ Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which [is] before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, [and there shall be] a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
5 And ye shall flee [to] the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, [and] all the saints with thee.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the light shall not be clear, [nor] dark:
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, [that] at evening time it shall be light.
8 ¶ And it shall be in that day, [that] living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and [from] the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.
11 And [men] shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
16 ¶ And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
17 And it shall be, [that] whoso will not come up of [all] the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that [have] no [rain]; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
1545 Luther's English Bible (LED)
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1 Behold, the time cometh unto the LORD, that they shall divide thy spoil within thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle. And the city shall be taken, and the houses spoiled, and the women ravished: and half of the city shall be carried away captive, and the remnant of the people shall not be cut off out of the city.
3 But the LORD will go forth, and fight against these nations, as he is wont to fight in the time of war.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem eastward. And the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst from the going up even unto the going down, very far apart: and the half of the mount shall be about the north, and the half of the mount shall be about the south.
5 And ye shall flee from that valley between my mountains: for the valley between the mountains shall be nigh unto Azal: and ye shall flee, as ye fled before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then shall the LORD my God come, and all the saints with thee.
6 In those days there shall be no light, but cold and frost.
7 And there shall be a day known unto the LORD, neither day nor night. And the evening shall be light.
8 In that day shall fresh waters flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the sea eastward, and half of them toward the uttermost part of the sea: and they shall continue both summer and winter.
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth. In that day shall the LORD be one, and his name one.
10 And they shall go round about all the land, as upon a plain, from Gibeah to Rimon, toward Jerusalem southward. For it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in the place thereof, from the gate of Benjamin unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepress.
11 And they shall dwell within, and there shall be no more banishment: for Jerusalem shall dwell in safety.
12 And this shall be the plague, that the LORD shall afflict all nations which have fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall rot, and they shall stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall rot in their holes, and their tongue shall rot in their mouths.
13 In that day shall the LORD make a great tumult among them, and one shall take another by the hand, and lay his hand upon another's hand.
14 For Judah also shall fight against Jerusalem, and the goods of all the nations that are round about shall be gathered together: Gold, and silver, and garments exceeding abundant.
15 And this plague shall come upon horses, and upon mouths, and upon camels, and upon asses, and upon all manner of beasts that are in the same host with them which are plagued.
16 And all the remnant of all the nations that went against Jerusalem shall come up yearly to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
17 But what generation on earth shall not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King of hosts, the LORD of hosts, it shall not rain upon them.
18 And if the generation of the Egyptians come not up, neither shall it rain upon them. This shall be the plague, that the LORD may afflict all the heathen, which come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
19 For this shall be the sin of the Egyptians, and of all the heathen, which come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
20 In that day shall the armour of the horses be holy unto the LORD: and the caldrons of the house of the LORD shall be as the laver before the altar.
21 For all the caldrons, both of Jerusalem and of Judah, shall be holy unto the LORD of hosts: and all that offer shall come and take them, and boil in them. And there shall be no more Canaanites in the house of the LORD of hosts in that day.
1545 Luther's English Bible (LED)
Machine-translated from Luther's final 1545 German Bible
The LED is an English rendering of Martin Luther's final 1545 German Bible. According to BackToLuther, it was produced by using the DeepL Translator on Luther's German text, then processed, polished, formatted, and hyperlinked for reading, while preserving chapter headings and other notations from orthodox German Lutheran Bibles.
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