Zechariah 14:16

Hebrew Bible

16 Then all who survive from all the nations that came to attack Jerusalem will go up annually to worship the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, and to observe the Feast of Shelters. 17 But if any of the nations anywhere on earth refuse to go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, they will get no rain. 18 If the Egyptians will not do so, they will get no rain—instead there will be the kind of plague that the Lord inflicts on any nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Shelters. 19 This will be the punishment of Egypt and of all nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Shelters.

1 Enoch 10:21

Pseudepigrapha

19 And all desirable trees will be planted on it, and they will plant vines on it: the vine they plant will produce abundant wine, and for every measure of seeds sown on it, a thousand will be harvested, and every measure of olives will produce ten presses of oil. 20 And cleanse the earth from all oppression, from all injustice, from all sin, and from all godlessness: and all the uncleanness that has been wrought upon the earth, remove it from the earth. 21 'And all the children of men shall become righteous, and all nations shall worship and praise Me, and all shall worship Me. And the earth shall be cleansed from all contamination, from all sin, from all punishment, and from all torment, and I will never again send these upon it from generation to generation and forever.'

 Notes and References

"... A number of biblical texts express the belief that the nations of the earth will worship Israel’s God. A brief overview of these traditions enables us to discern particular features in 1 Enoch 10. In the Hebrew Bible the response of the nations to the God of Israel is expressed in a variety of ways. The nations will: 'walk in his paths' (Isaiah 2:3); bring gifts and wealth to Jerusalem (Isaiah 18:7; 45:14); supplicate God (Isaiah 19:22); be subservient to Israel (Isaiah 45:14; 60:10); recognize that the God of Israel is unique (Isiah 45:14-15; 66:18-19; Psalm 102:15); recognize the special status of Israel (Zecharaiah 8:23); 'turn' to God (Psalm 22:27); worship God in Jerusalem (Isaiah 66:23; Zechariah 14:16-19; Psalm 22:27); they are also exhorted to praise God for his justice and mercy (Psalm 67:34; 117:1) ..."

Stuckenbruck, Loren T. "Theological Anthropology in the Enochic Tradition" in Patmore, Hector M., et al. (eds.) The Evil Inclination in Early Judaism and Christianity (pp. 65-94) Cambridge University Press, 2021

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