Zechariah 2

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

I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and look, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

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.

Then I asked, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length."

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

Look, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another angel went out 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 said to him, "Run, speak to this young man, saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.

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.

For I,' says Jehovah, 'will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the 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.

Come. Come. Flee from the land of the north,' says Jehovah; 'for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,' says Jehovah.

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

'Come, Zion. Escape, you who 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 Jehovah of hosts: 'For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of my 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, look, I will shake my hand over them, and they will be a spoil to those who served them; and you will know that Jehovah of hosts 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.

Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, look, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you,' says Jehovah.

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.

Many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me to you.

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

Jehovah will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.

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

Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation."