Reformation Directory

8 Of the doctrine that shal proceed out of the Church, and of the restauration thereof.

1.Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shal be ^adivided in the middes of thee,

2.For I will gather all nations against Jerusalém to battle, and the city shalbe taken, and the houses spoiled, and the women defiled, and half of the city shal go into captivity, and the residue of the people shal not be cut off from the city.

3.Then shal the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when ^bhe fought in the day of battle.

4.And his feet shal stand in that day upon the ^cmount of olives, which is before Jerusalém on the East side, and the mount of olives shal cleave in the middes thereof: toward the East and toward the West there shalbe a very great ^dvalley, and half of the mountain shal remove toward the North, and half of the mountain toward the South.

5.And ye shal flee unto the ^evalley of the mountains: for the valley of the mountains shal reach unto Azál: yea, ye shal flee like as ye fled from the ^fearthquake in the days of Uzziáh King of Judáh: and the Lord ^gmy God shal come and all the Saints with thee.

6.And in that day shal there be no clear light, but dark.

7.And there shalbe a day (it is knowen to the Lord) ^hneither day nor night, but about the evening time it shalbe light.

8.And in that day shal there ⁱwaters of life go out from Jerusalém, half of them toward the East sea, and half of them toward the uttermost sea, and shalbe, both in summer and winter.

9.And the Lord shalbe King over all the earth: in that day shal there be one ^kLord, and his Name shalbe one.

10.All the land shalbe turned ^las a plain from Géba to Rimmón, toward the South of Jerusalém, and it shalbe lifted up, and inhabited in her place: for Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananiél, unto the King’s wine presses.

11.And men shal dwell in it, and there shalbe no more destruction, but Jerusalém shalbe safely inhabited.

12.And this shalbe the plague, wherewith the Lord wil smite all people, that have fought against Jerusalém: their flesh shal consume away, though they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shal consume in their holes, and their tongue shal consume in their mouth.

13.But in that day ^ma great tumult of the Lord shalbe among them, and every one shal take ⁿthe hand of his neighbour, and his hand shal rise up against the hand of his neighbour.

14.And Judáh shal fight also against Jerusalém, and the arm of all the heathen shalbe gathered round about, with ^ogold and silver, and great abundance of apparel.

15.Yet this shal be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel and of the ass and of all the beasts that be in these tents as this ^pplague.

16.But it shal come to pass that every one that is left of all the nations, which came against Jerusalém, shal go up from year to year to worship the King the Lord of hostes, and to keep the feast of Tabernacles.

17.And who so wil not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalém to worship the King the Lord of hostes, even upon them shal come no rain.

18.And if the family of ^qEgypt go not up, and come not, it shal not rain upon them. This shal be the plague wherewith the Lord wil smite all the heathen, that come not up to keep the feast of Tabernacles.

19.This shal be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that come not up to keep the feast of Tabernacles.

20.In that day shal there be written upon the ^rbridles of the horses, The holiness unto the Lord, and the ^spots in the Lord’s House shal be like the bowls before the altar.

21.Yea, every pot in Jerusalém and Judáh shalbe holie unto the Lord of hostes, and all they that sacrifice, shal come and take of them and seeth therein: and in that day there shal be no more ^tCanaanite in the House of the Lord of hostes.

Zechariah 14

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