Zechariah 12:9

12:9 So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.”

Zechariah 14:3

14:3 Then the Lord will go to battle and fight against those nations, just as he fought battles in ancient days.


tn Or “peoples.”

sn The statement the Lord will go to battle introduces the conflict known elsewhere as the “battle of Armageddon,” a battle in which the Lord delivers his people and establishes his millennial reign (cf. Joel 3:12, 15-16; Ezek 38–39; Rev 16:12-21; 19:19-21).

tn Heb “as he fights on a day of battle” (similar NASB, NIV, NRSV).