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.
Whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King ... even upon them shall be no rain - including every calamity which usually follows in the East from want of rain-namely, scarcity of provisions, famine, pestilence, etc. Rain is the symbol, also, of God's gracious favour (Hosea 6:3). That there shall be unconverted men under the millennium appears from the outbreak of Gog and Magog at the end of it (Revelation 20:7-9); but they, like Satan their master, shall be restrained during the thousand years. Note too from this verse that the Gentiles shall come up to Jerusalem, rather than the Jews go as missionaries to the Gentiles (Isaiah 2:2; Micah 5:7). However, Isaiah 66:19 may imply the converse. And it may be that, after the Jews, as missionaries, shall have converted the Gentiles, the latter, by representatives, shall come up to worship at the city of Jerusalem, where especially the heavenly King shall manifest His presence.