16-19 All the survivors from the godless nations that fought against Jerusalem will travel to Jerusalem every year to worship the King, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, and celebrate the Feast of Booths. If any of these survivors fail to make the annual pilgrimage to Jerusalem to worship the King, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, there will be no rain. If the Egyptians don’t make the pilgrimage and worship, there will be no rain for them. Every nation that does not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths will be hit with the plague. Egypt and any other nation that does not make pilgrimage to celebrate the Feast of Booths gets punished.

20-21 On that Day, the Big Day, all the horses’ harness bells will be inscribed “Holy to God.” The cooking pots in the Temple of God will be as sacred as chalices and plates on the altar. In fact, all the pots and pans in all the kitchens of Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to God-of-the-Angel-Armies. People who come to worship, preparing meals and sacrifices, will use them. On that Big Day there will be no buying or selling in the Temple of God-of-the-Angel-Armies.

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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.(A)

20 On that day holy to the Lord(B) will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots(C) in the Lord’s house will be like the sacred bowls(D) in front of the altar. 21 Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy(E) to the Lord Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And on that day(F) there will no longer be a Canaanite[a](G) in the house(H) of the Lord Almighty.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 14:21 Or merchant