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 shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for all the seed which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand, and each measure of olives shall yield ten presses of oil. 20 And cleanse thou the earth from all oppression, and from all unrighteousness, and from all sin, and from all godlessness: and all the uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth destroy from off the earth. 21 ⌈And all the children of men shall become righteous⌉, and all nations shall offer adoration and shall praise Me, and all shall worship Me. And the earth shall be cleansed from all defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from all torment, and I will never again send (them) upon it from generation to generation and for ever.

 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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