Indeed, I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished, and half of the city will go forth in exile, but those left of the people will not be cut off from the city.
Zechariah 14:1 Behold, a day is coming for Yahweh when the spoil taken from you will be divided among you.
Zechariah 14:2 Indeed, I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished, and half of the city will go forth in exile, but those left of the people will not be cut off from the city.
Zechariah 14:3 Then Yahweh will go forth and fight against those nations, as the day when He fights on a day of battle.
Zechariah 14:4 And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south.
The verse centers on "indeed", "gather", "nations", "against", "jerusalem", "battle", "city", and "captured". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "indeed" and "gather", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Behold a day is coming for Yahweh..." into verse 3's "Then Yahweh will go forth and fight...", so "indeed" and "gather" belong inside that flow. In Zechariah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "indeed" and "gather" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.