And I have gathered all the nations unto Jerusalem to battle, And captured hath been the city, And spoiled have been the houses, And the women are lain with, Gone forth hath half the city in a removal, And the remnant of the people are not cut off from the city.
Zechariah 14:1 Lo, a day hath come to Jehovah, And divided hath been thy spoil in thy midst.
Zechariah 14:2 And I have gathered all the nations unto Jerusalem to battle, And captured hath been the city, And spoiled have been the houses, And the women are lain with, Gone forth hath half the city in a removal, And the remnant of the people are not cut off from the city.
Zechariah 14:3 And gone forth hath Jehovah, And He hath fought against those nations, As in the day of His fighting in a day of conflict.
Zechariah 14:4 And stood have His feet, in that day, On the mount of Olives, That <FI>is<Fi> before Jerusalem eastward, And cleft hath been the mount of Olives at its midst, To the east, and to the west, a very great valley, And removed hath the half of the mount towards the north. And its half towards the south.
The verse centers on "gathered", "nations", "jerusalem", "battle", "captured", "hath", "been", and "city". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "gathered" and "nations", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Lo a day hath come to Jehovah..." into verse 3's "And gone forth hath Jehovah And He...", so "gathered" and "nations" 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 "gathered" and "nations" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.