³ Then the Lord will go forth
And fight against those nations,
As He fights in the day of battle.
⁴ And in that day His feet will stand ^(X)on the Mount of Olives,
Which faces Jerusalem on the east.
And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two,
From east to west,
^(Y)Making a very large valley;
Half of the mountain shall move toward the north
And half of it toward the south.

⁵ Then you shall flee through My mountain valley,
For the mountain valley shall reach to Azal.
Yes, you shall flee
As you fled from the ^(Z)earthquake
In the days of Uzziah king of Judah.

^(AA)Thus the Lord my God will come,
And ^(AB)all the saints with ^[d]You.

⁶ It shall come to pass in that day
That there will be no light;
The ^[e]lights will diminish.
⁷ It shall be one day
^(AC)Which is known to the Lord—
Neither day nor night.
But at ^(AD)evening time it shall happen
That it will be light.

⁸ And in that day it shall be
That living ^(AE)waters shall flow from Jerusalem,
Half of them toward ^[f]the eastern sea
And half of them toward ^[g]the western sea;
In both summer and winter it shall occur.
⁹ And the Lord shall be ^(AF)King over all the earth.
In that day it shall be—
^(AG)“The Lord is one,”
And His name one.

¹¹ The people shall dwell in it;
And ^(AJ)no longer shall there be utter destruction,
^(AK)But Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

Their flesh shall ^[i]dissolve while they stand on their feet,
Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets,
And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.

¹³ It shall come to pass in that day
That ^(AL)a great panic from the Lord will be among them.
Everyone will seize the hand of his neighbor,
And raise ^(AM)his hand against his neighbor’s hand;
¹⁴ Judah also will fight at Jerusalem.
^(AN)And the wealth of all the surrounding nations
Shall be gathered together:
Gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.

^15 (AO)Such also shall be the plague
On the horse and the mule,
On the camel and the donkey,
And on all the cattle that will be in those camps.
So shall this plague be.

⁴ Even though Edom has said,
“We have been impoverished,
But we will return and build the desolate places,”

“They may build, but I will ^(D)throw down;
They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness,
And the people against whom the Lord will have indignation forever.
⁵ Your eyes shall see,
And you shall say,
^(E)‘The Lord is magnified beyond the border of Israel.’

⁷ “You offer ^(I)defiled food on My altar,
But say,
‘In what way have we defiled You?’
By saying,
^(J)‘The table of the Lord is ^[c]contemptible.’
⁸ And ^(K)when you offer the blind as a sacrifice,
Is it not evil?
And when you offer the lame and sick,
Is it not evil?
Offer it then to your governor!
Would he be pleased with you?
Would he ^(L)accept^[d] you favorably?”
Says the Lord of hosts.

⁹ “But now entreat God’s favor,
That He may be gracious to us.
^(M)While this is being done by your hands,
Will He accept you favorably?”
Says the Lord of hosts.
¹⁰ “Who is there even among you who would shut the doors,
^(N)So that you would not kindle fire on My altar in vain?
I have no pleasure in you,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
^(O)“Nor will I accept an offering from your hands.
¹¹ For ^(P)from the rising of the sun, even to its going down,
My name shall be great ^(Q)among the Gentiles;
^(R)In every place ^(S)incense shall be offered to My name,
And a pure offering;
^(T)For My name shall be great among the nations,”
Says the Lord of hosts.

¹² “But you profane it,
In that you say,
^(U)‘The table of the ^[e]Lord is defiled;
And its fruit, its food, is contemptible.’
¹³ You also say,
‘Oh, what a ^(V)weariness!’
And you sneer at it,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
“And you bring the stolen, the lame, and the sick;
Thus you bring an offering!
^(W)Should I accept this from your hand?”
Says the Lord.
¹⁴ “But cursed be ^(X)the deceiver
Who has in his flock a male,
And takes a vow,
But sacrifices to the Lord ^(Y)what is blemished—
For ^(Z)I am a great King,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“And My name is to be feared among the nations.