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Zechariah 14:7-21 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

7. There will be one continuous day—it is known to the Lord—not day and night, for in the evening there will be light.

8. On that day, fresh water will flow from Jerusalem, half to the eastern sea, and half to the western sea. This will be so in summer and in winter.

9. The Lord will be king over the whole earth; on that day the Lord will be the only one, and the Lord’s name the only one.

10. 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.

11. The city will be inhabited; never again will it be doomed. Jerusalem will dwell securely.

12. And this will be the plague with which the Lord 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.

13. On that day a great panic from the Lord will be upon them. They will seize each other’s hands, and their hands will be raised against each other.

14. Even Judah will fight against Jerusalem. The riches of all the surrounding nations will be gathered together—gold, silver, and garments—in great abundance.

15. 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.

16. 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 Lord of hosts, and to celebrate the feast of Booths.

17. Should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to bow down to the King, the Lord of hosts, then there will be no rain for them.

18. And if the family of Egypt does not go up or enter, upon them will fall the plague, with which the Lord strikes the nations that do not go up to celebrate the feast of Booths.

19. 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.

20. On that day, “Holy to the Lord” will be written on the horses’ bells. The pots in the house of the Lord will be as the basins before the altar.

21. Every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the Lord 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 Lord of hosts on that day.

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