Zechariah 12:9

12:9 So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations ¹  that come against Jerusalem.”

Zechariah 14:3

14:3 Then the Lord will go to battle ²  and fight against those nations, just as he fought battles in ancient days. ³ 

[12:9]  ¹ tn Or “peoples.”

[14:3]  ² 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).

[14:3]  ³ tn Heb “as he fights on a day of battle” (similar NASB, NIV, NRSV).