11. The people will live there in safety, no longer threatened by destruction.
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.