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Zechariah 14:2

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.

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KJV King James Version

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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.

WEB World English Bible

For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city will be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go out into captivity, and the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.

ASV American Standard Version

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And I have gathered all the nations unto Jerusalem to battle, And captured hath been the city, And spoiled have been the houses, And the women are lain with, Gone forth hath half the city in a removal, And the remnant of the people are not cut off from the city.

Surrounding context — Zechariah 14

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.

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וְאָסַפְתִּ֨יH622 · a.saphto gather אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolall הַגּוֹיִ֥ם׀H1471 · goynation אֶֽל־H413 · elto(wards)יְרוּשָׁלִַם֮H3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalem לַמִּלְחָמָה֒H4421 · mil.cha.mahbattle וְנִלְכְּדָ֣הH3920 · la.khadto capture הָעִ֗ירH5892 · irexcitement וְנָשַׁ֙סּוּ֙H8155 · sha.sasto plunder הַבָּ֣תִּ֔יםH1004 · betplace וְהַנָּשִׁ֖יםH802 · ish.shahwoman תִּשָּׁכַ֑בְנָהH7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay down וְיָצָ֞אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: come חֲצִ֤יH2677 · che.tsihalf הָעִיר֙H5892 · irexcitement בַּגּוֹלָ֔הH1473 · go.lahcaptivity וְיֶ֣תֶרH3499 · ye.terremainder הָעָ֔םH5971 · ampeople לֹ֥אH3808 · lonot יִכָּרֵ֖תH3772 · ka.ratto cut: cut מִן־H4480 · minfrom הָעִֽיר׃H5892 · irexcitement

Cross-references

Luke 21:20-24And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.Isaiah 13:16Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.Romans 9:27-29Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:Matthew 24:19-22And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!Mark 13:14But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:Matthew 24:15-16When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)Galatians 4:26-27But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.Luke 19:43-44For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,Isaiah 65:6-9Behold, [it is] written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,Deuteronomy 28:9-14The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.Matthew 22:7But when the king heard [thereof], he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.Isaiah 5:26And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:Zechariah 13:8-9And it shall come to pass, [that] in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off [and] die; but the third shall be left therein.Joel 3:2I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and [for] my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.Amos 7:17Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.Daniel 2:40-43And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all [things]: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.Mark 13:19For [in] those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.Matthew 23:37-38O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!

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