Reference

Zechariah 14:19

This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
17

And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.

18

And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the Lord will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

19

This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

20

In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the Lord’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar.

21

Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts.

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Punishment Language
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Punishment Language

There is no argument to be made that this verse does not support the "Punishment Language" theme, as it explicitly uses the word "punishment" twice in relation to divine judgment.

Future Fulfillment

The verse describes a punishment for not observing a specific feast, which could be interpreted as a timeless principle of divine judgment rather than an event exclusively tied to a future eschatological period.