² “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup^(A) that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling.^(B) Judah^(C) will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. ³ On that day, when all the nations^(D) of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock^(E) for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure^(F) themselves. ⁴ On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness,” declares the Lord. “I will keep a watchful eye over Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations.^{(G) 5} Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The people of Jerusalem are strong,^(H) because the Lord Almighty is their God.’

⁶ “On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot^(I) in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume^(J) all the surrounding peoples right and left, but Jerusalem will remain intact^(K) in her place.

⁷ “The Lord will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah.^{(L) 8} On that day the Lord will shield^(M) those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest^(N) among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God,^(O) like the angel of the Lord going before^(P) them. ⁹ On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations^(Q) that attack Jerusalem.^(R)

Mourning for the One They Pierced

¹⁰ “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit^[a](S) of grace and supplication.^(T) They will look on^[b] me, the one they have pierced,^(U) and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child,^(V) and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.^(W)

² I will gather all the nations^(A) to Jerusalem to fight against it;^(B) the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped.^(C) Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.^{(D) 3} Then the Lord will go out and fight^(E) against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle.^{(F) 4} On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,^(G) east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split^(H) in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. ⁵ You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake^[a](I) in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come,^(J) and all the holy ones with him.^(K)

⁶ On that day there will be neither sunlight^(L) nor cold, frosty darkness. ⁷ It will be a unique^(M) day—a day known only to the Lord—with no distinction between day and night.^(N) When evening comes, there will be light.^(O)

⁸ On that day living water^(P) will flow^(Q) out from Jerusalem, half of it east^(R) to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.^(S)

⁹ The Lord will be king^(T) over the whole earth.^(U) On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.^(V)

¹⁰ The whole land, from Geba^(W) to Rimmon,^(X) south of Jerusalem, will become like the Arabah. But Jerusalem will be raised up^(Y) high from the Benjamin Gate^(Z) to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate,^(AA) and from the Tower of Hananel^(AB) to the royal winepresses, and will remain in its place.^{(AC) 11} It will be inhabited;^(AD) never again will it be destroyed. Jerusalem will be secure.^(AE)

¹² This is the plague with which the Lord will strike^(AF) 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.^{(AG) 13} On that day people will be stricken by the Lord with great panic.^(AH) They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another.^{(AI) 14} Judah^(AJ) too will fight at Jerusalem. The wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected^(AK)—great quantities of gold and silver and clothing. ¹⁵ A similar plague^(AL) will strike the horses and mules, the camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.

¹⁶ Then the survivors^(AM) from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship^(AN) the King,^(AO) the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.^{(AP) 17} If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship^(AQ) the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain.^{(AR) 18} If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The Lord^[b] will bring on them the plague^(AS) he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.^{(AT) 19} This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.^(AU)