Zechariah 14:1-21

Behold, YAHWEH, will have his day! And Jerusalem, when that day comes, your plunder will be divided in your midst. For I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half the people will go into exile, but the rest will be allowed to remain in the city. Then YAHWEH will intervene and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. On that day, his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem. Then the Mount of Olives will be divided down the middle, forming a wide valley that runs from east to west. So half the Mount will move backward to the north and the other half to the south. When this happens, you will escape by way of my newly formed valley, which will extend as far as Azal. You will flee as your ancestors fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And YAHWEH your God will come and all the holy ones with him. On that day, there will be no light, neither cold nor frost. It will be a unique day, a day known only to YAHWEH. There will be no more day and night, and even at evening, it will remain light. On that day, living waters will flow from Jerusalem, half toward the Dead Sea, half toward the Mediterranean Sea. And they will flow in the summer and winter. Then King YAHWEH will rule over the whole world. When that day comes, YAHWEH will be the one and only God, and everyone will acknowledge him by one single name. The entire land of Judah will be transformed into a fertile plain, from Geba in the north to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem will remain standing high above the plain 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. People will live there securely, for the city will never again be doomed to destruction. Jerusalem will be safe to live in. And YAHWEH will bring a devastating plague upon all the nations who have fought 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. And on that day, YAHWEH will cause their hearts to panic. Each one will seize his neighbor and strike him. Fighting will break out one against another until even the people of Judah will fight against the people of Jerusalem. The people of Jerusalem will gather all the riches of the surrounding nations: vast amounts of gold, silver, and clothing. And a similar plague will afflict the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the other animals in the camp of their enemies. Afterward, the survivors of all the nations that have attacked the city will return to Jerusalem each year to worship the King of the world, YAHWEH, Commander of Angel Armies, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. And if any of the people groups of the world do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King of the world, YAHWEH, Commander of Angel Armies, no rain will fall upon their land. And if the Egyptian people do not make this pilgrimage, then YAHWEH will send the same plague he sent the other nations that did not celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. This will be the punishment for Egypt and the punishment for all the nations that fail to come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. When that day comes, the very bells on the horses will have inscribed on them, “Holy to YAHWEH.” Even the cooking pots of the house of YAHWEH will be as sacred as the sprinkling bowls set before the altar. Yes, every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to YAHWEH, Commander of Angel Armies, and acceptable to use for anyone who comes to offer a sacrifice. And at that time there will be no merchant in the house of YAHWEH, who commands the armies of heaven.