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6-7 That will be a very special day. There will not be any light, cold, or frost. Only the Lord knows how, but there will not be any day or night. Then, when darkness usually comes, there will still be light. At that time water will flow continually from Jerusalem.[a] That stream will split and part of it will flow east, and part of it will flow west to the Mediterranean Sea. And it will flow all year long, in the summer as well as in the winter. And the Lord will be the King of the whole world. At that time all people will worship him as the only Lord with only one name.

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  1. Zechariah 14:8 water … Jerusalem Literally, “living water will flow from Jerusalem.” Jerusalem’s main water supply, the Gihon spring, did not flow continuously.

It will be a unique(A) day—a day known only to the Lord—with no distinction between day and night.(B) When evening comes, there will be light.(C)

On that day living water(D) will flow(E) out from Jerusalem, half of it east(F) to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.(G)

The Lord will be king(H) over the whole earth.(I) On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.(J)

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