Zechariah 14:18 “And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain…”

Zechariah 14:18

And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

World English Bible

If the family of Egypt doesn’t go up and doesn’t come, neither will it rain on them. This will be the plague with which the LORD will strike the nations that don’t go up to keep the feast of booths.

American Standard Version

And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, neither shall it be upon them; there shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite the nations that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Geneva Bible 1599

And if the familie of Egypt goe not vp, and come not, it shall not raine vpon them. This shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the heathen, that come not vp to keepe the feast of Tabernacles.

Darby Translation

And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, neither [shall it be] upon them; [there] shall be the plague, wherewith Jehovah will smite the nations that go not up to celebrate the feast of tabernacles.

Young's Literal Translation

And if the family of Egypt go not up, nor come in, Then not on them is the plague With which Jehovah doth plague the nations That go not up to celebrate the feast of booths.

Bible in Basic English

And if the family of Egypt does not go up or come there, they will be attacked by the disease which the Lord will send on the nations:

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Cross references

“that have no”

Deuteronomy 11:10 Deuteronomy 11:11

Deuteronomy 11:10 · BSB

For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.

Deuteronomy 11:11 · BSB

But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven.

Also

Zechariah 14:12 Zechariah 14:15

Zechariah 14:12 · BSB

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…

Zechariah 14:15 · BSB

And a similar plague will strike the horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.

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

In context

17And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them.

19This will be the punishment of Egypt and of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.

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