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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Zechariah 14 New American Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/zechariah/14.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/zechariah/14-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</a> > Zechariah 14</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../zechariah/13.htm" title="Zechariah 13">◄</a> Zechariah 14 <a href="../malachi/1.htm" title="Malachi 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch45014" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn45014" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">Devastation and Rescue of Jerusalem.</span> <span id="v45014001" class="ver">1</span><a id="rfn45014001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45014001-1">*</a> A day is coming for the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> when the spoils taken from you will be divided in your midst. <span id="v45014002" class="ver">2</span>And I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle: The city will be taken, houses will be plundered, women raped; half the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city. <span id="v45014003" class="ver">3</span>Then the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will go forth and fight against those nations, fighting as on a day of battle.<a id="ren45014003-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45014003-a">a</a> <span id="v45014004" class="ver">4</span>On that day God’s feet will stand<a id="rfn45014004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45014004-1">*</a> on the Mount of Olives, which is opposite Jerusalem to the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west by a very deep valley,<a id="ren45014004-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45014004-b">b</a> and half of the mountain will move to the north and half of it to the south. <span id="v45014005" class="ver">5</span>You will flee by the valley between the mountains, for the valley between the mountains will reach to Azal. Thus you will flee as you fled because of the earthquake<a id="rfn45014005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45014005-1">*</a> in the days of Uzziah king of Judah.<a id="ren45014005-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45014005-c">c</a> Then the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, my God, will come, and all his holy ones with him.<a id="ren45014005-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45014005-d">d</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Jerusalem Restored.</span> <span id="v45014006" class="ver">6</span>On that day there will no longer be cold or frost. <span id="v45014007" class="ver">7</span>There will be one continuous day—it is known to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>—not day and night, for in the evening there will be light. <span id="v45014008" class="ver">8</span>On that day, fresh water will flow from Jerusalem,<a id="ren45014008-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45014008-e">e</a> half to the eastern sea, and half to the western sea. This will be so in summer and in winter. <span id="v45014009" class="ver">9</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will be king over the whole earth;<a id="ren45014009-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45014009-f">f</a> on that day the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will be the only one, and the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s name the only one. <span id="v45014010" class="ver">10</span>All the land will turn into a plain, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, which will stand exalted in its place—from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the first gate, to the Corner Gate and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s wine presses. <span id="v45014011" class="ver">11</span>The city will be inhabited; never again will it be doomed. Jerusalem will dwell securely.<a id="ren45014011-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45014011-g">g</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Fate of Jerusalem’s Foes.</span> <span id="v45014012" class="ver">12</span>And this will be the plague with which the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will strike all the peoples that have fought against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.<a id="ren45014012-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45014012-h">h</a> <span id="v45014013" class="ver">13</span>On that day a great panic from the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will be upon them.<a id="ren45014013-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45014013-i">i</a> They will seize each other’s hands, and their hands will be raised against each other. <span id="v45014014" class="ver">14</span>Even Judah will fight against Jerusalem. The riches of all the surrounding nations will be gathered together—gold, silver, and garments—in great abundance. <span id="v45014015" class="ver">15</span>Like the plague on human beings will be the plague upon the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and upon all the beasts that are in those camps.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Future: Jerusalem, Judah, and the Nations.</span> <span id="v45014016" class="ver">16</span>Everyone who is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to bow down to the King, the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts, and to celebrate the feast of Booths.<a id="rfn45014016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45014016-1">*</a> <a id="ren45014016-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45014016-j">j</a> <span id="v45014017" class="ver">17</span>Should any of the families of the earth<a id="ren45014017-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45014017-k">k</a> not go up to Jerusalem to bow down to the King, the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts, then there will be no rain for them. <span id="v45014018" class="ver">18</span>And if the family of Egypt does not go up or enter, upon them will fall the plague,<a id="ren45014018-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45014018-l">l</a> with which the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> strikes the nations that do not go up to celebrate the feast of Booths. <span id="v45014019" class="ver">19</span>This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the feast of Booths.</p> <p><span id="v45014020" class="ver">20</span>On that day, “Holy to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>”<a id="ren45014020-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45014020-m">m</a> will be written on the horses’ bells.<a id="rfn45014020-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45014020-1">*</a> The pots in the house of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will be as the basins before the altar. <span id="v45014021" class="ver">21</span>Every pot<a id="rfn45014021-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45014021-1">*</a> in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts. All who come to sacrifice will take them and cook in them. No longer will there be merchants in the house of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts on that day.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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