Zechariah 14:1-8
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Future Warfare and Final Victory
14 See, a day is coming for the Lord, when the plunder taken from you will be divided in your midst.(A) 2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped; half the city shall go into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.(B) 3 Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle.(C) 4 On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives, which lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the mount shall withdraw northward and the other half southward.(D) 5 And you shall flee by the valley of the Lord’s mountain,[a] for the valley between the mountains shall reach to Azal,[b] and you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come and all the holy ones with him.(E)
6 On that day there shall not be[c] either cold or frost.[d] 7 And there shall be continuous day (it is known to the Lord), not day and not night, for at evening time there shall be light.(F)
8 On that day living water shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of it to the eastern sea and half of it to the western sea; it shall continue in summer as in winter.(G)
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Zechariah 14:1-8
Christian Standard Bible
The Lord’s Triumph and Reign
14 Look, a day belonging to the Lord is coming(A) when the plunder taken from you will be divided in your presence. 2 I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle.(B) The city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half 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 on a day of battle.(C) 4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,(D) which faces Jerusalem on the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, forming a huge valley, so that half the mountain will move to the north and half to the south. 5 You will flee by my mountain valley,[a] for the valley of the mountains will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled[b] from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah.(E) Then the Lord my God will come and all the holy ones(F) with him.[c](G)
6 On that day there will be no light; the sunlight and moonlight will diminish.[d][e](H) 7 It will be a unique day known only to the Lord,(I) without day or night, but there will be light at evening.
8 On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem,(J) half of it toward the eastern sea[f] and the other half toward the western sea,[g] in summer and winter alike.
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- 14:5 Some Hb mss, LXX, Sym, Tg read The valley of my mountains will be blocked
- 14:5 LXX reads It will be blocked as it was blocked
- 14:5 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg, Tg, Syr; other Hb mss read you
- 14:6 LXX, Sym, Syr, Tg, Vg read no light or cold or ice
- 14:6 Lit no light; the precious ones will congeal
- 14:8 = the Dead Sea
- 14:8 = the Mediterranean Sea
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