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Introduction

Zechariah chapter 14 concludes the book with a dramatic and climactic vision of the final day of the Lord, portraying a great battle against Jerusalem followed by the powerful intervention and ultimate reign of God over the entire earth. The chapter begins by describing how the nations will gather against Jerusalem, resulting in initial conquest and suffering for the city, yet this moment of crisis becomes the turning point where the Lord Himself will intervene decisively on behalf of His people.

The chapter describes remarkable and cosmic events accompanying the Lord’s appearance, including a great earthquake that splits the Mount of Olives, changes in the natural order such as continuous daylight, and the flowing of living waters from Jerusalem. These supernatural occurrences symbolize the transformative power of God’s presence as He establishes His kingdom, defeating the enemies of Jerusalem and bringing about a period of unprecedented peace and divine rule that extends over the whole earth.

The chapter concludes with a vision of universal worship, where surviving nations will come to Jerusalem each year to honor the Lord and celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles, symbolizing global recognition of God’s sovereignty. The final verses emphasize the complete holiness of Jerusalem, declaring that even everyday objects will be considered sacred, reflecting a future where purity and reverence for God permeate every aspect of life, marking the ultimate fulfillment of God’s redemptive plan.

Chapter 14 (BBE)

1 See, a day of the Lord is coming when they will make division of your goods taken by force before your eyes.
2 For I will get all the nations together to make war against Jerusalem; and the town will be overcome, and the goods taken from the houses, and the women taken by force: and half the town will go away as prisoners, and the rest of the people will not be cut off from the town.
3 Then the Lord will go out and make war against those nations, as he did in the day of the fight.
4 And in that day his feet will be on the Mount of Olives, which is opposite Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives will be parted in the middle to the east and to the west, forming a very great valley; and half the mountain will be moved to the north and half of it to the south.
5 And the valley will be stopped … and you will go in flight as you went in flight from the earth-shock in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah: and the Lord my God will come, and all his holy ones with him.
6 And in that day there will be no heat or cold or ice;
7 And it will be unbroken day, such as the Lord has knowledge of, without change of day and night, and even at nightfall it will be light.
8 And on that day living waters will go out from Jerusalem; half of them flowing to the sea on the east and half to the sea on the west: in summer and in winter it will be so.
9 And the Lord will be King over all the earth: in that day there will be one Lord and his name one.
10 And all the land will become like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up and be living in her place; from the doorway of Benjamin to the place of the first doorway, to the doorway of the angle, and from the tower of Hananel to the king’s wine-crushing places, men will be living in her.
11 And there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem will be living without fear of danger.
12 And this will be the disease which the Lord will send on all the peoples which have been warring against Jerusalem: their flesh will be wasted away while they are on their feet, their eyes will be wasted in their heads and their tongues in their mouths.
13 And it will be on that day that a great fear will be sent among them from the Lord; and everyone will take his neighbour’s hand, and every man’s hand will be lifted against his neighbour’s.
14 And even Judah will be fighting against Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the nations round about will be massed together, a great store of gold and silver and clothing.
15 And the horses and the transport beasts, the camels and the asses and all the beasts in those tents will be attacked by the same disease.
16 And it will come about that everyone who is still living, of all those nations who came against Jerusalem, will go up from year to year to give worship to the King, the Lord of armies, and to keep the feast of tents.
17 And it will be that if any one of all the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to give worship to the King, the Lord of armies, on them there will be no rain.
18 And if the family of Egypt does not go up or come there, they will be attacked by the disease which the Lord will send on the nations:
19 This will be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations who do not go up to keep the feast of tents.
20 On that day all the bells of the horses will be holy to the Lord, and the pots in the Lord’s house will be like the basins before the altar.
21 And every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the Lord of armies: and all those who make offerings will come and take them for boiling their offerings: in that day there will be no more traders in the house of the Lord of armies.

Important Verses

  • Verse 3: A declaration that the Lord will go out to fight against the nations gathered against Jerusalem, ensuring victory for His people.
  • Verse 4: A description of the Mount of Olives splitting in two upon the Lord’s arrival, symbolizing a dramatic and supernatural divine intervention.
  • Verse 9: The proclamation that the Lord will become King over the entire earth, establishing His sovereign and unified rule.
  • Verse 16: A prophecy that surviving nations will come to Jerusalem yearly to worship the Lord and observe the Feast of Tabernacles.
  • Verse 20: A vision of complete holiness, where even ordinary items are considered sacred, symbolizing a future of pervasive reverence for God.

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