Isaiah 66:15-21

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¹⁵See, the Lord is coming with fire,^(A)
    and his chariots^(B) are like a whirlwind;^(C)
he will bring down his anger with fury,
    and his rebuke^(D) with flames of fire.
¹⁶For with fire^(E) and with his sword^(F)
    the Lord will execute judgment^(G) on all people,
    and many will be those slain^(H) by the Lord.

¹⁷“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens,^(I) following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs,^(J) rats^(K) and other unclean things—they will meet their end^(L) together with the one they follow,” declares the Lord.

¹⁸“And I, because of what they have planned and done,^(M) am about to come^[a] and gather the people of all nations^(N) and languages, and they will come and see my glory.^(O)

¹⁹“I will set a sign^(P) among them, and I will send some of those who survive^(Q) to the nations—to Tarshish,^(R) to the Libyans^[b] and Lydians^(S) (famous as archers), to Tubal^(T) and Greece,^(U) and to the distant islands^(V) that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory.^(W) They will proclaim my glory among the nations. ²⁰And they will bring^(X) all your people, from all the nations, to my holy mountain^(Y) in Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord—on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,”^(Z) says the Lord. “They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings, to the temple of the Lord in ceremonially clean vessels.^(AA) ²¹And I will select some of them also to be priests^(AB) and Levites,” says the Lord.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 66:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
Isaiah 66:19 Some Septuagint manuscripts Put (Libyans); Hebrew Pul

Zechariah 9:13-16

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¹³I will bend Judah as I bend my bow^(A)
    and fill it with Ephraim.^(B)
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
    against your sons, Greece,^(C)
    and make you like a warrior’s sword.^(D)

The Lord Will Appear

¹⁴Then the Lord will appear over them;^(E)
    his arrow will flash like lightning.^(F)
The Sovereign Lord will sound the trumpet;^(G)
    he will march in the storms^(H) of the south,
¹⁵    and the Lord Almighty will shield^(I) them.
They will destroy
    and overcome with slingstones.^(J)
They will drink and roar as with wine;^(K)
    they will be full like a bowl^(L)
    used for sprinkling^[a] the corners^(M) of the altar.
¹⁶The Lord their God will save his people on that day^(N)
    as a shepherd saves his flock.
They will sparkle in his land
    like jewels in a crown.^(O)

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Footnotes

Zechariah 9:15 Or bowl, / like

Zechariah 14:1-3

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The Lord Comes and Reigns

14 A day of the Lord^(A) is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions^(B) will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.

²I will gather all the nations^(C) to Jerusalem to fight against it;^(D) the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped.^(E) Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.^(F) ³Then the Lord will go out and fight^(G) against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle.^(H)