12. The Lord will bring a terrible disease on all the nations that make war on Jerusalem. Their flesh will rot away while they are still alive; their eyes and their tongues will rot away.
13. At that time the Lord will make them so confused and afraid that everyone will seize the man next to him and attack him.
14. The men of Judah will fight to defend Jerusalem. They will take as loot the wealth of all the nations — gold, silver, and clothing in great abundance.
15. A terrible disease will also fall on the horses, the mules, the camels, and the donkeys — on all the animals in the camps of the enemy.
16. Then all the survivors from the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go there each year to worship the Lord Almighty as king, and to celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
17. If any nation refuses to go and worship the Lord Almighty as king, then rain will not fall on their land.
18. If the Egyptians refuse to celebrate the Festival of Shelters, then they will be struck by the same disease that the Lord will send on every nation that refuses to go.
19. This will be the punishment that will fall on Egypt and on all the other nations if they do not celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
20. At that time even the harness bells of the horses will be inscribed with the words “Dedicated to the Lord”. The cooking pots in the Temple will be as sacred as the bowls before the altar.
21. Every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in all Judah will be set apart for use in the worship of the Lord Almighty. The people who offer sacrifices will use them for boiling the meat of the sacrifices. When that time comes, there will no longer be any merchant in the Temple of the Lord Almighty.