Then all who survive of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem will go up year by year to worship the LORD of hosts and to celebrate the Feast of Booths. The surviving remnant of the nations will journey annually to Jerusalem to worship the God who conquered them and to celebrate the harvest festival, indicating their voluntary submission to God's authority and integration into covenantal worship. The requirement to observe the Feast of Booths (commemorating wilderness wandering and divine protection) suggests that the nations will acknowledge their history of wandering alienated from God and their dependence on His grace. Annual pilgrimage to Jerusalem establishes the city as the world's worship center and the nations' subordination to God's authority. This verse shows that redemption's final realization includes even the former enemies' transformation into worshipers. The emphasis on voluntary pilgrimage suggests transformation of hearts, not merely coerced submission.

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