Zechariah 12:2-10

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2 “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a ^acup ¹that causes reeling to all the peoples all around. Now the one in siege against Jerusalem will also be against ^bJudah. 3 But it will be in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a heavy ^astone for all the peoples; all who heave it up will be ^bseverely ¹injured. And all the ^cnations of the earth will be gathered against it. 4 In that day,” declares Yahweh, “I will strike every horse with bewilderment and his rider with madness. But I will open my eyes to watch over the house of Judah, while I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. 5 Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘¹A strong support for us are the inhabitants of Jerusalem through Yahweh of hosts, their God.’
6 “In that day I will make the clans of Judah like a ^afiery laver among pieces of wood and a fiery torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right hand and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while Jerusalem will again be ^binhabited in its own place—in Jerusalem. 7 Yahweh also will ^asave the tents of Judah first so that the glory of the house of ^bDavid and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will not be magnified above Judah. 8 In that day Yahweh will ^adefend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who ^bstumbles among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like ^cGod, like the ^dangel of Yahweh before them. 9 And it will be in that day, that I will ^aseek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Mourning for the Pierced One

10 “And I will ^apour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem ¹the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have ^bpierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one ^cmourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.

Zechariah 13:8

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And it will be in all the land,”

Declares Yahweh,

“That ^atwo parts in it will be cut off and breathe their last;

But the third will be left in it.

Zechariah 13:9

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And I will bring the third part through the ^afire

And refine them as silver is refined

And test them as gold is tested.

¹They will ^bcall on My name,

And I will ^canswer them;

I will say, ‘They are ^dMy people,’

And they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’”

Zechariah 14:2

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2 Indeed, I will ^agather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the ^bhouses plundered, the women ravished, and half of the city will go forth in exile, but those left of the people will not be cut off from the city.

Ezekiel 39:23-29

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23 And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their ^ainiquity because they acted unfaithfully against Me, and I ^bhid My face from them; so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and all of them fell by the sword. 24 ^aAccording to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I dealt with them, and I hid My face from them.”’”

Israel Will Live in Security

25 Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, “Now I will return the ¹^afortunes of Jacob and have compassion on the whole ^bhouse of Israel; and I will be ^cjealous for My holy name. 26 So they will ¹^aforget their dishonor and all their unfaithfulness which they ²perpetrated against Me, when they ^blive securely on their own land with ^cno one to make them tremble. 27 When I ^areturn them from the peoples and gather them from the lands of their enemies, then I shall ^bprove Myself holy ¹through them in the sight of the many nations. 28 Then they will know that I am Yahweh their God because I made them go into exile among the nations, and then collected them again to their own land; and I will leave none of them there any longer. 29 And I will not hide My face from them any longer, for I will have ^apoured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,” declares Lord Yahweh.

Joel 3:1-21

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Yahweh Will Judge the Nations

“¹For behold, ^ain those days and at that time,

When I ^brestore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

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I will ^agather all the nations

And bring them down to the ^bvalley of ¹Jehoshaphat.

Then I will ^center into judgment with them there

On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel,

Whom they have ^dscattered among the nations;

And they have ^edivided up My land.

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They have also ^acast lots for My people,

¹^bTraded a boy for a harlot,

And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.

4 Moreover, what are you to Me, O ^aTyre, Sidon, and all the regions of ^bPhilistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will ^creturn your recompense on your head. 5 Since you have ^ataken My silver and My gold, brought My desirable ¹treasures to your temples, 6 and sold the ^asons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem to the sons of the ¹Greeks in order to remove them far from their borders, 7 behold, I am going to ^arouse them from the place where you have sold them and return your recompense on your head. 8 Also I will ^asell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the ^bSabeans, to a distant nation,” for Yahweh has spoken.
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^aCall out this message among the nations:

^bSet yourselves apart for a war; ^crouse the mighty men!

Let all the men of war approach, let them come up!

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^aBeat your plowshares into swords

And your pruning hooks into spears;

^bLet the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”

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¹^aHasten and come, all you surrounding nations,

And gather yourselves.

There, bring down, O Yahweh, Your ^bmighty ones.

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Let the nations be roused up

And come up to the ^avalley of ¹Jehoshaphat,

For there I will sit to ^bjudge

All the surrounding nations.

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^aSend in the sickle, for the ^bharvest is ripe.

Come, ¹^ctread, for the ^dwine press is full;

The vats overflow, for their ^eevil is great.

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^aMultitudes, multitudes in the ^bvalley of ¹decision!

For the ^cday of Yahweh is near in the valley of ¹decision.

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The ^asun and moon grow dark,

And the stars lose their brightness.

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And Yahweh ^aroars from Zion

And ^bgives forth His voice from Jerusalem,

And the ^cheavens and the earth quake.

But Yahweh is a ^drefuge for His people

And a ^estrong defense to the sons of Israel.

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Then you will ^aknow that I am Yahweh your God,

Dwelling in Zion, My ^bholy mountain.

So Jerusalem will be ^choly,

And ^dstrangers will pass through it no more.

Yahweh Dwells in Zion

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And it will be in that day,

That the ^amountains will drip with ¹sweet wine,

And the hills will ^bflow with milk,

And all the ^cbrooks of Judah will flow with water;

And a ^dspring will go out from the house of Yahweh

To water the valley of ²Shittim.

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Egypt will become a desolation,

And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,

Because of the ^aviolence ¹done to the sons of Judah,

In whose land they have shed innocent blood.

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But Judah will be ^ainhabited forever

And Jerusalem from generation to generation.

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And I will ^aavenge their blood which I have not avenged,

Indeed, Yahweh dwells in Zion.