Zechariah 2

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

Then I looked up and saw 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.

I said, “Where are you going?” He replied, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and length.”

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

Then the messenger who talked with me stepped forward, and another messenger 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 and tell to that young man that Jerusalem will be inhabited like a village without walls, because so many people and cattle will live there.

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 the Lord, will be a wall of fire around her, 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.

Up! Away! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, says the Lord.

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

Up, escape to Zion, you who live in 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.

This is what the Lord of hosts says to the nations which plundered you: Whoever 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.

I will raise my hand against them. They will be plunder for their own slaves; and you will know that the Lord 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! I am coming, I will live among 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.

Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day, and will be his people, and he will live among you. You will know that the Lord 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.

The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land. He will again choose Jerusalem.

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

Be silent, everyone, in the presence of the Lord, because he is coming from his holy dwelling.”