Zechariah 14:12 “And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the people…”

Zechariah 14:12

And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

World English Bible

This will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have fought against Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their tongue will consume away in their mouth.

American Standard Version

And this shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

Geneva Bible 1599

And this shall bee the plague, wherewith the Lord will smite all people, that haue fought against Ierusalem: their flesh shall consume away, though they stand vpon their feete, and their eyes shall consume in their holes, and their tongue shall consume in their mouth.

Darby Translation

And this shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

Young's Literal Translation

And this is the plague with which Jehovah Doth plague all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem, He hath consumed away its flesh, And it is standing on its feet, And its eyes are consumed in their holes, And its tongue is consumed in their mouth.

Bible in Basic English

And this will be the disease which the Lord will send on all the peoples which have been warring against Jerusalem: their flesh will be wasted away while they are on their feet, their eyes will be wasted in their heads and their tongues in their mouths.

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Cross references

“the plague wherewith”

Ezekiel 39:17–20 Micah 4:11–13 Zechariah 12:9 Ezekiel 38:18–22 Zechariah 14:3 Isaiah 34:1–17

Ezekiel 39:17–20 · BSB

And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you…

Micah 4:11–13 · BSB

But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

Zechariah 12:9 · BSB

So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 38:18–22 · BSB

Now on that day when Gog comes against the land of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, My wrath will flare up.

Zechariah 14:3 · BSB

Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.

Isaiah 34:1–17 · BSB

Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.

“Their flesh”

Psalm 90:11 Leviticus 26:21 Leviticus 26:24 Leviticus 26:28 Deuteronomy 28:59 2 Chronicles 21:15

Psalm 90:11 · BSB

Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.

Leviticus 26:21 · BSB

If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.

Leviticus 26:24 · BSB

then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.

Leviticus 26:28 · BSB

then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.

Deuteronomy 28:59 · BSB

He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.

2 Chronicles 21:15 · BSB

And day after day you yourself will suffer from a severe illness, a disease of your bowels, until it causes your bowels to come out.’”

Also

Deuteronomy 28:22 Leviticus 26:16

Deuteronomy 28:22 · BSB

The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.

Leviticus 26:16 · BSB

then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11People will live there, and never again will there be an utter destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely.

13On that day a great panic from the LORD will come upon them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.

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