1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 ¶ And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. 6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: 7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. 9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one. 10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses. 11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
12 ¶ And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour. 14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. 15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
16 ¶ And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. 17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. 18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
20 ¶ In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar. 21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
Kungs karos par savu tautu un valdīs to
(Sal. Ech 38–39Mk 13Atkl 20–22)1 Redzi, nāk Kunga diena,
tev nolaupīto dalīs tavās ielās!
2 Es sapulcināšu visas tautas
uz karu pret Jeruzālemi,
pilsētu ieņems,
mājas izlaupīs,
sievas piesmies.
Puse pilsētas aizies gūstā,
bet pilsētā atlikušie netiks iznīdēti!
3 Tad nāks Kungs un cīnīsies ar tām tautām,
kā viņš cīnījies kaujas dienā!
4 Todien viņa kājas stāvēs Olīvkalnā,
kas no Jeruzālemes uz austrumiem,
un Olīvkalns šķelsies uz pusēm,
no austrumiem uz rietumiem – varen plaša ieleja,
puse kalna zvelsies uz ziemeļiem
un otra puse uz dienvidiem!
5 Tad jūs bēgsiet cauri ielejai kalnos,
jo ieleju abās pusēs skaus kalni,
kā bēgāt no zemestrīces Jūdas ķēniņa Uzijas dienās –
tad nāks mans Dievs Kungs
un visi viņa svētie ar tevi!
6 Todien nebūs ne aukstuma, ne ledus, ne sala,
7 un būs tikai viena diena –
tā zināma Kungam! –
kad nebūs ne dienas, ne nakts,
un vēl vakarā būs gaišs!
8 Todien dzīvības ūdeņi plūdīs no Jeruzālemes:
puse no tiem uz Austrumu jūru,
un otra puse uz Rietumu jūru –
gan ziemu, gan vasaru.
9 Kungs būs ķēniņš visai zemei,
todien Kungs būs viens,
un viņa vārds būs Vienīgais!
10 Visa zeme vērtīsies klajumā – no Gebas līdz Rimmonai, kas dienvidos Jeruzālemei, tikai tā paliks pakalnā, no Benjāmina vārtiem līdz tai vietai, kur agrākie vārti, tad līdz Stūra vārtiem, un no Hananēla vārtiem līdz ķēniņa vīnspaidam.
11 To atkal apdzīvos,
tur vairs nebūs nīcības lāsta,
un Jeruzāleme mājos droši.
12 Šāda būs sērga, ar ko Kungs sitīs visas tautas, kas karojušas pret Jeruzālemi, – tiem pūs miesa, kamēr vien tie stāvēs uz kājām, acis tiem dobumos pūs, un pūs arī mēle mutē!
13 Tā būs todien –
lielas tiem bailes no Kunga,
tad tie ķersies viens otram klāt,
viens pret otru cels roku!
14 Arī Jūda karos Jeruzālemē,
tur savāks labumus no visām tautām, kas apkārt, –
zeltu, sudrabu un daudz drānu!
15 Tāda pati sērga ķers zirgus, vēršus, kamieļus, ēzeļus
un visus lopus, kas bijuši viņu nometnēs!
16 Tad visi, kas atlikuši no tautām,
kas nāca pret Jeruzālemi,
katru gadu dosies
zemoties Ķēniņam, Pulku Kungam,
un svinēt Būdiņu svētkus!
17 Kura no zemes dzimtām neies uz Jeruzālemi zemoties Ķēniņam, Pulku Kungam, tiem lietus nelīs! 18 Un, ja Ēģiptes dzimta neies turp, tiem palu nebūs, – viņus ķers tā pati sērga, ar ko Kungs sita tautas, kas negāja svinēt Būdiņu svētkus. 19 Tāds būs sods par grēkiem Ēģiptei un sods par grēkiem visām tautām, kas neies svinēt Būdiņu svētkus.
20 Todien uz zirgu zvārguļiem būs rakstīts: “Svēts Kungam!” Un katli Kunga namā būs kā kausi altāra priekšā. 21 Visi katli Jeruzālemē un Jūdā būs svēti Pulku Kungam – tad ikviens, kas upurēs, varēs ņemt un tajos vārīt. Todien Pulku Kunga namā vairs nebūs neviena kanaānieša!