They shall ask the way to Zion,
With their faces toward it, saying,
‘Come and let us join ourselves to the Lord
In (A)a perpetual covenant
That will not be forgotten.’

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They will ask the way(A) to Zion
    and turn their faces toward it.
They will come(B) and bind themselves to the Lord
    in an everlasting covenant(C)
    that will not be forgotten.

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21 The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying,
(A)“Let us continue to go and pray before the Lord,
And seek the Lord of hosts.
I myself will go also.”
22 Yes, (B)many peoples and strong nations
Shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem,
And to pray before the Lord.’

23 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘In those days ten men (C)from every language of the nations shall (D)grasp the [a]sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard (E)that God is with you.” ’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 8:23 Lit. wing, corner of a garment

21 and the inhabitants of one city will go to another and say, ‘Let us go at once to entreat(A) the Lord and seek(B) the Lord Almighty. I myself am going.’ 22 And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord Almighty and to entreat him.”(C)

23 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “In those days ten people from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, ‘Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.’”(D)

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The Nations Worship the King

16 And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall (A)go up from year to year to (B)worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep (C)the Feast of Tabernacles. 17 (D)And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, on them there will be no rain. 18 If the family of (E)Egypt will not come up and enter in, (F)they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the Lord strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 19 This shall be the [a]punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.

20 In that day (G)“HOLINESS TO THE LORD” shall be engraved on the bells of the horses. The (H)pots in the Lord’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar. 21 Yes, [b]every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holiness to the Lord of hosts. Everyone who sacrifices shall come and take them and cook in them. In that day there shall no longer be a (I)Canaanite (J)in the house of the Lord of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 14:19 Lit. sin
  2. Zechariah 14:21 Or on every pot . . . shall be engraved “HOLINESS TO THE LORD OF HOSTS”

16 Then the survivors(A) from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship(B) the King,(C) the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.(D) 17 If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship(E) the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain.(F) 18 If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The Lord[a] will bring on them the plague(G) he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.(H) 19 This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.(I)

20 On that day holy to the Lord(J) will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots(K) in the Lord’s house will be like the sacred bowls(L) in front of the altar. 21 Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy(M) to the Lord Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And on that day(N) there will no longer be a Canaanite[b](O) in the house(P) of the Lord Almighty.(Q)

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 14:18 Or part, then the Lord
  2. Zechariah 14:21 Or merchant