Zechariah 14:1-5

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. 3 d Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. 4 e On that day his feet shall stand f on g the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and g the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by h a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward. 5 And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from i the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.

  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.
  7. Cross References
    Zechariah 12:9
    And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
  8. Cross References
    Zechariah 14:1
    Behold, a day is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst.
    Zechariah 12:3
    On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will gather against it.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 11:23
    And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain that is on the east side of the city.
  10. Cross References
    2 Samuel 15:30
    But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered. And all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went.
  11. Cross References
    2 Samuel 15:30
    But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered. And all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went.
  12. Cross References
    Zechariah 14:10
    The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem shall remain aloft on its site from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
  13. Cross References
    Amos 1:1
    The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
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