Zechariah 14:17 - Forerunner Commentary

Zechariah 14:17

15 ^aSuch also shall be the plague
On the horse and the mule,
On the camel and the donkey,
And on all the cattle that will be in those camps.
So shall this plague be.

The Nations Worship the King

16 And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall ^ago up from year to year to ^bworship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep ^cthe Feast of Tabernacles.

17 ^aAnd it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, on them there will be no rain.

18 If the family of ^aEgypt will not come up and enter in, ^bthey shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the Lord strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.

19 This shall be the¹ punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.

20 In that day ^a“HOLINESS TO THE LORD” shall be engraved on the bells of the horses. The ^bpots in the Lord’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar.

Verse Comparison: Zechariah 14:17

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American Standard Version
And it shall be, that whoso of `all' the families of the earth goeth not up unto Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, upon them there shall be no rain.

Amplified® Bible
And it shall be that whoso of the families of the earth shall not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, upon them there shall be no rain.

Contemporary English Version
No rain will fall on the land of anyone in any country who refuses to go to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD All-Powerful.

Darby English Version
And it shall be, that whoso goeth not up of the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, upon them shall be no rain.

Good News Bible
If any nation refuses to go and worship the LORD Almighty as king, then rain will not fall on their land.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, there will be no rain on them.

New International Version
If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD Almighty, they will have no rain.

New King James Version
And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, on them there will be no rain.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And it will come to pass that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, will receive no rain.

Revised Standard Version
And if any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, there will be no rain upon them.

Young's Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, That he who doth not go up of the families of the land unto Jerusalem, To bow himself to the King, Jehovah of Hosts, Even on them there is no shower.

New English Translation
But if any of the nations anywhere on earth refuse to go up to Jerusalem¹ to worship the King, the Lord who rules over all, they will get no rain.

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