Zechariah 2

1 And I lifted up my eyes, and looked. And, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

And I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man, and in his hand a measuring line.

2 Then I said, Where do thou go? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem. To see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it.

And I said to him, Whither go you? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it.

3 And, behold, the agent who talked with me went forth. And another agent went out to meet him,

And, behold, the angel that spoke with me stood [by], and another angel went forth to meet him,

4 and said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and cattle therein.

and spoke to him, saying, Run and speak to that young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be fully inhabited by reason of the abundance of men and cattle in the midst of her.

5 For I, says Jehovah, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

And I will be to her, says the Lord, a wall of fire round about, and I will be for a glory in the midst of her.

6 Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, says Jehovah. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, says Jehovah.

Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I will gather you from the four winds of heaven, says the Lord,

7 Ho Zion, escape, thou who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.

[even] to Sion: deliver yourselves, you that dwell [with] the daughter of Babylon.

8 For thus says Jehovah of hosts: After glory he has sent me to the nations which plundered you. For he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.

For thus says the Lord Almighty; After the glory has he sent me to the nations that spoiled you: for he that touches you is as one that touches the apple of his eye.

9 For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those who served them. And ye shall know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me.

For, behold, I bring my hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to them that serve them: and you shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.

10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, says Jehovah.

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Sion: for, behold, I come, and will dwell in the midst of you, says the Lord.

11 And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be my people, and I will dwell in the midst of thee. And thou shall know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me to thee.

And many nations shall flee for refuge to the Lord in that day, and they shall be for a people to him, and they shall dwell in the midst of you: and you shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.

12 And Jehovah shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

And the Lord shall inherit Juda his portion in the holy [land], and he will yet choose Jerusalem.

13 Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah, for he has arisen out of his holy habitation.

Let all flesh fear before the Lord: for he has risen up from his holy clouds.