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Zechariah 14:4 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, making a very great valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south. "
Zechariah 14:4
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2 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.
3 Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, making a very great valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
5 You shall flee by the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azel. Yes, you shall flee, just like you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. The LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with you.
6 It will happen in that day that there will not be light, cold, or frost.
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Zechariah 14:1
"Behold, a day of the LORD comes, when your plunder will be divided within you."
Zechariah 14:2
"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."
Zechariah 14:3
"Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle."
Zechariah 14:5
"You shall flee by the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azel. Yes, you shall flee, just like you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. The LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with you."
Zechariah 14:6
"It will happen in that day that there will not be light, cold, or frost."
Zechariah 14:7
"It will be a unique day which is known to the LORD—not day, and not night; but it will come to pass that at evening time there will be light."
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