Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city. New Living Translation I will gather all the nations to fight against Jerusalem. The city will be taken, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the population will be taken into captivity, and the rest will be left among the ruins of the city. English Standard Version For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; The city shall be taken, The houses rifled, And the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city. New American Standard Bible For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be taken, the houses plundered, the women raped, and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be eliminated from the city. NASB 1995 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. NASB 1977 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished, and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. Legacy Standard Bible Indeed, I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished, and half of the city will go forth in exile, but those left of the people will not be cut off from the city. Amplified Bible For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured and the houses plundered and the women ravished; and half of the city will be exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. Christian Standard Bible I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city. Holman Christian Standard Bible I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city. American Standard 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And I shall gather all the nations to Jerusalem for battle, and the city shall be seized and the houses shall be plundered and the women shall be shamefully treated, and half of the city will go forth into captivity, and half of the people will not be destroyed from the city Brenton Septuagint Translation And I will gather all the Gentiles to Jerusalem to war, and the city shall be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, but the rest of my people shall not be utterly cut off from the city. Contemporary English Version But first, he will bring many nations to attack Jerusalem--homes will be robbed, women raped, and half of the population dragged off, though the others will be allowed to remain. Douay-Rheims Bible And I will gather all nations to Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken, and the houses shall be rifled, and the women shall be defiled: and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the rest of the people shall not be taken away out of the city. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half of the people in the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people won't be taken from the city. Good News Translation The LORD will bring all the nations together to make war on Jerusalem. The city will be taken, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half of the people will go into exile, but the rest of them will not be taken away from the city. International Standard Version I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem, to lay siege against it. The city will be captured, the houses will be ransacked, the women raped, and half of the city will go into exile, but the remaining people will not be cut off from the city. JPS Tanakh 1917 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, But the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Literal Standard Version And I have gathered all the nations to Jerusalem to battle, | And the city has been captured, | And the houses have been spoiled, | And the women are lain with, | Half the city has gone forth in a removal, | And the remnant of the people are not cut off from the city. Majority 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. New American Bible And I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle: The city will be taken, houses will be plundered, women raped; half the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city. NET Bible For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to wage war; the city will be taken, its houses plundered, and the women raped. Then half of the city will go into exile, but the remainder of the people will not be taken away. New Revised Standard Version For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses looted and the women raped; half the city shall go into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. New Heart 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. 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. 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Destroyers of Jerusalem Destroyed1Behold, a day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence. 2For 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. 3Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.… Cross References Isaiah 13:16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. Jeremiah 21:4 this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city. Lamentations 5:11 Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah. Ezekiel 5:8 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations. Joel 3:2 I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land. Joel 3:9 Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack! Zechariah 12:2 "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem. Treasury of Scripture 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. gather. Deuteronomy 28:9-14 The 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… Isaiah 5:26 And 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: Jeremiah 34:1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, the city. Matthew 23:37,38 O 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! … Matthew 24:15,16 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) … Mark 13:14,19 But 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: … the houses. Isaiah 13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. Lamentations 1:10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation. Lamentations 5:11,12 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah… the residue. Luke 21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. shall not. Zechariah 13:8,9 And 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… Isaiah 65:6-9,18 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, … Matthew 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Jump to Previous Battle Captivity Captured City Cut Forth Gather Half Houses Jerusalem Nations Plundered Ravished Residue Rest Rifled WomenJump to Next Battle Captivity Captured City Cut Forth Gather Half Houses Jerusalem Nations Plundered Ravished Residue Rest Rifled WomenZechariah 14 1. The destroyers of Jerusalem destroyed.3. The coming of Christ, and the graces of his kingdom. 12. The plague of Jerusalem's enemies. 16. The remnant shall turn to the Lord; 20. and their spoils shall be holy. Verse 2. - How this shall come to pass is now shown. For I will gather all nations. God uses the Gentile nations as his instruments in this trial of his people; they are the fires by which he refines and purifies his elect (Joel 3:2, 9-11). The city shall be taken. The outrages offered to the captive city are such as are indicated in the case of Babylon (Isaiah 13:16; comp. Lamentations 5:11, etc.). Half of the city. The term "half" must not be pressed, as if it contradicted the mention of the two-thirds that were to perish, according to the prediction in Zechariah 13:8. It is a mere rhetorical expression. Or it may apply to the city alone, while the other referred to the whole land. Shall not be out off. In the former captivity all the people were carried away; in this capture of the city a remnant shall be left therein. It is plain from this statement that the prophecy cannot apply to the destruction of the city by the Romans; for, according to the account of Josephus ('Bell. Jud.,' 6:09), the city itself was razed to the ground, and all the inhabitants were either put to the sword or sold for slaves. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew For I will gatherוְאָסַפְתִּ֨י (wə·’ā·sap̄·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 622: To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the nations הַגּוֹיִ֥ם ׀ (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts for battle לַמִּלְחָמָה֒ (lam·mil·ḥā·māh) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4421: A battle, war against אֶֽל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Jerusalem, יְרוּשָׁלִַם֮ (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel and the city הָעִ֗יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement will be captured, וְנִלְכְּדָ֣ה (wə·nil·kə·ḏāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3920: To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere the houses הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים (hab·bāt·tîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1004: A house looted, וְנָשַׁ֙סּוּ֙ (wə·nā·šas·sū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 8155: To spoil, plunder and the women וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים (wə·han·nā·šîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female ravished. תִּשָּׁכַ֑בְנָה (tiš·šā·ḵaḇ·nāh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 7693: To violate, ravish Half חֲצִ֤י (ḥă·ṣî) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2677: The half, middle of the city הָעִיר֙ (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement will go וְיָצָ֞א (wə·yā·ṣā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim into captivity, בַּגּוֹלָ֔ה (bag·gō·w·lāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1473: Exile, exiles but the rest וְיֶ֣תֶר (wə·ye·ṯer) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3499: An overhanging, an excess, superiority, remainder, a small rope of the people הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock will not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no be removed יִכָּרֵ֖ת (yik·kā·rêṯ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant from מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of the city. הָעִֽיר׃ (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement Links Zechariah 14:2 NIVZechariah 14:2 NLT Zechariah 14:2 ESV Zechariah 14:2 NASB Zechariah 14:2 KJV Zechariah 14:2 BibleApps.com Zechariah 14:2 Biblia Paralela Zechariah 14:2 Chinese Bible Zechariah 14:2 French Bible Zechariah 14:2 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Zechariah 14:2 For I will gather all nations against (Zech. 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