Zechariah 14:1-9

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The Lord comes

14 There will be a day when your enemies will take away everything. They will take away everything that is yours. They will each have some of your things.

² I will bring soldiers from all countries to fight against Jerusalem. They will go into the city and they will rob the houses. They will have sex with the women. They will lead away half the people to other countries. They will let the other half stay in Jerusalem.

³ Then the Lord will go out. And he will fight against the people from those countries as in past years.

⁴ On that day, the Lord's feet will stand on the Mount of Olives. This mountain is east of Jerusalem. It will break in two from east to west and it will make a wide valley. Half of the mountain will move north and half of the mountain will move south.

⁵ In the time of Uzziah, king of Judah, you ran away when the earth moved. You will do this again. Then the Lord will come. And all those who are holy will come with him.^[a]

⁶ On that day, it will not be light in some places and dark in other places.

⁷ It will be a day like no other day. There will be no night. When it is evening, there will still be light. Only the Lord himself will know that day.

⁸ On that day, water will come out from Jerusalem. Half of this water will go towards the sea in the east. Half of this water will go towards the sea in the west. This will go on during summer and winter.

⁹ The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day, there will be only one Lord and he will have only one name.