Zechariah 14:17

God's Word

If any of the families on the earth won’t go to Jerusalem to worship the king, the Lord of Armies, then rain won’t fall on them.

Cross References

Genesis 10:32

These were the families of Noah’s sons listed by their genealogies, nation by nation. From these ⌞descendants⌟ the nations spread over the earth after the flood.

Genesis 12:3

I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse. Through you every family on earth will be blessed.”

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will be like the dust on the earth. You will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. Through you and through your descendant every family on earth will be blessed.

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah, who was from Tishbe but had settled in Gilead, said to Ahab, “I solemnly swear, as the Lord God of Israel whom I serve lives, there will be no dew or rain during the next few years unless I say so.”

1 Kings 8:35

“When the sky is shut and there’s no rain because they are sinning against you, and they pray toward this place, praise your name, and turn away from their sin because you made them suffer,

2 Chronicles 6:26

“When the sky is shut and there’s no rain because they are sinning against you and they pray toward this place, praise your name, and turn away from their sin because you made them suffer,

2 Chronicles 7:13

I may shut the sky so that there is no rain, or command grasshoppers to devour the countryside, or send an epidemic among my people.

Isaiah 18:7

At that time gifts will be brought to the Lord of Armies from a tall and smooth-skinned people, a people ⌞who are⌟ feared far and near, a strong and aggressive nation, whose land is divided by rivers. They will be brought to Mount Zion, the place where the name of the Lord of Armies is.

Isaiah 45:23

I have bound myself with an oath. A word has gone out from my righteous mouth that will not be recalled, “Every knee will bow to me and every tongue will swear ⌞allegiance⌟.”

Isaiah 5:6

I will make it a wasteland. It will never be pruned or hoed. Thorns and weeds will grow in it, and I will command the clouds not to rain on it.

Isaiah 60:12

Nations and kingdoms that do not serve you will be destroyed. The nations will certainly be ruined.

Jeremiah 10:25

Pour out your fury on the nations who don’t know you and on people who don’t worship you. They have devoured the descendants of Jacob. They have devoured them completely. They have destroyed their homes.

Jeremiah 14:22

The worthless gods of the nations can’t make it rain. By themselves, the skies can’t give showers. But you can, O Lord our God. We have hope in you because you do all these things.

Jeremiah 14:3

Important people send their assistants out for water. They go to the cisterns, but they don’t find any water. They come back with their containers empty. They cover their heads, because they are ashamed and disgraced.

Jeremiah 14:4

The ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers are disappointed. They cover their heads.

Amos 3:2

Out of all the families on earth, I have known no one else but you. That is why I am going to punish you for all your sins.

Zechariah 14:16

Everyone who is left from all the nations that attacked Jerusalem will come every year to worship the king, the Lord of Armies, and to celebrate the Festival of Booths.

Zechariah 14:9

The Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day the Lord will be the only Lord and his name the only name.

Deuteronomy 11:17

The Lord will become angry with you. He’ll shut the sky so that there’ll be no rain. Then the ground won’t grow any crops, and you’ll quickly disappear from this good land the Lord is giving you.

James 5:17

Elijah was human like us. Yet, when he prayed that it wouldn’t rain, no rain fell on the ground for three-and-a-half years.

Revelation 11:6

These witnesses have authority to shut the sky in order to keep rain from falling during the time they speak what God has revealed. They have authority to turn water into blood and to strike the earth with any plague as often as they want.