1Behold , a day of Jehovah cometh , when thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle ; and the city shall be taken , and the houses rifled , and the women ravished ; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity , and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city . 3Then shall Jehovah go forth , and fight against those nations , as when he fought in the day of battle .
The Siege and Deliverance
4And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives , which is before Jerusalem on the east ; and the mount of Olives shall be cleft in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west , and there shall be a very great valley ; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north , and half of it toward the south . 5And ye shall flee by the valley of my mountains ; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azel; yea , ye shall flee , like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah ; and Jehovah my God shall come , and all the holy ones with thee . 6And it shall come to pass in that day , that there shall not be light; the bright ones shall withdraw themselves: 7but it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah ; not day , and not night ; but it shall come to pass , that at evening time there shall be light.
The Coming of the King
8And it shall come to pass in that day , that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem ; half of them toward the eastern sea , and half of them toward the western sea : in summer and in winter shall it be . 9And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall Jehovah be one , and his name one . 10All the land shall be made like the Arabah , from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem ; and she shall be lifted up , and shall dwell in her place , from Benjamin ’s gate unto the place of the first gate , unto the corner gate , and from the tower of Hananel unto the king ’s winepresses . 11And men shall dwell therein , and there shall be no more curse ; but Jerusalem shall dwell safely.
Judgment on the Nations
12And this shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem : their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet , and their eyes shall consume away in their sockets , and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth . 13And it shall come to pass in that day , that a great tumult from Jehovah shall be among them ; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor , and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor . 14And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem ; and the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gathered together , gold , and silver , and apparel, in great abundance . 15And so shall be the plague of the horse , of the mule , of the camel , and of the ass , and of all the beasts that shall be in those camps , as that plague .
Worship in the Kingdom
16And it shall come to pass , that every one that is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King , Jehovah of hosts , and to keep the feast of tabernacles . 17And it shall be , that whoso of all the families of the earth goeth not up unto Jerusalem to worship the King , Jehovah of hosts , upon them there shall be no rain . 18And if the family of Egypt go not up , and come not , neither shall it be upon them ; there shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite the nations that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles . 19This shall be the punishment of Egypt , and the punishment of all the nations that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles . 20In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses , HOLY UNTO JEHOVAH ; and the pots in Jehovah ’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar . 21Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holy unto Jehovah of hosts ; and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them , and boil therein: and in that day there shall be no more a Canaanite in the house of Jehovah of hosts .