12 But the Lord will punish the all nations that fought against Jerusalem. He will cause them to become very ill. Even as the people stand on their feet, their bodies will become weak and useless. Their eyes will become useless in their heads. Their tongues will become useless in their mouths. 13 On that day, the Lord will cause them to be afraid and confused. They will take hold of each other and fight against each other.
14 Judah's people will also go to Jerusalem to fight there. They will take for themselves the valuable things of all the nations around them. They will take gold and silver and lots of beautiful clothes. 15 The animals that belong to those other nations will also become ill, like their people. Their horses, their mules, their camels, their donkeys and all their other animals will be very ill in the places where they have their camps.
16 After that, the people who are still alive from the nations that attacked Jerusalem will return there. They will go to Jerusalem each year during the Festival of Huts. They will go to worship the King, the Lord Almighty. 17 If the people of any nation on the earth refuse to go to Jerusalem, their land will have no rain. They must go there to worship the King, the Lord Almighty.
18 If the Egyptian people refuse to go, their land will have no rain. Instead, the Lord will cause them to become very ill. That is how he will punish the people of any nation who refuse to go to Jerusalem for the Festival of Huts. 19 They must all go to worship the Lord during the Festival of Huts. The Egyptian people and the people of all the other nations will receive the same punishment if they do not do this.
