Zechariah 14:1-2

The Coming Day of the Lord

1 Behold, x a day is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. 2 For y I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and z the city shall be taken a and the houses plundered b and the women raped. c Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

  1. Cross References
    Joel 1:15
    Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.
  2. Cross References
    Joel 3:2
    I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land.
  3. Cross References
    Luke 21:24
    They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:16
    Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.
  5. Cross References
    Lamentations 5:11
    Women are raped in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah.
  6. Cross References
    Zechariah 13:8
    In the whole land, declares the Lord, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.
    Matthew 24:40 - 41
    Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left.
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