The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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Zechariah 13:7 (NKJV)

7 “Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,
Against the Man who is My Companion,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
“Strike the Shepherd,
And the sheep will be scattered;
Then I will turn My hand against the little ones.

 

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Zechariah 13:8 (NKJV)

8 And it shall come to pass in all the land,”
Says the Lord,
“That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die,
But one-third shall be left in it:

 

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Zechariah 13:9 (NKJV)

9 I will bring the one-third through the fire,
Will refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will answer them.
I will say, ‘This is My people’;
And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”

 

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Zechariah 14:1 (NIV)

A day of the Lord is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.

 

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Zechariah 14:2 (NIV)

2 I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped.
Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.

 

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Zechariah 14:3 (NIV)

3 Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle.

 

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Zechariah 14:4 (NIV)

4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two
from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south.

 

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Zechariah 14:5 (NIV)

5 You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake
in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.

 

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Zechariah 14:6 (NIV)

6 On that day there will be neither sunlight nor cold, frosty darkness.

 

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Zechariah 14:7 (NIV)

7 It will be a unique day – a day known only to the Lord – with no distinction between day and night.
When evening comes, there will be light.

 

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Zechariah 14:8 (NIV)

8 On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea,
in summer and in winter.

 

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Zechariah 14:9 (NIV)

9 The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.

 

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]Zechariah 14:10 (NIV)

10 The whole land, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become like the Arabah. But Jerusalem will be raised up high from
the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses, and will
remain in its place.

 

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]Zechariah 14:11 (NIV)

11 It will be inhabited; never again will it be destroyed. Jerusalem will be secure.

 

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Zechariah 14:12 (NIV)

12 This is the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they
are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

 

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Zechariah 14:13 (NIV)

13 On that day people will be stricken by the Lord with great panic. They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another.

 

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Zechariah 14:14 (NIV)

14 Judah too will fight at Jerusalem. The wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected –
great quantities of gold and silver and clothing.

 

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Zechariah 14:15 (NIV)

15 A similar plague will strike the horses and mules, the camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.

 

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Zechariah 14:16 (NIV)

16 Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King,
the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.

 

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Zechariah 14:17 (NIV)

17 If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain.