Zechariah 2

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

And I lift up my eyes, and look, and behold, a man, and in his hand a measuring line.

2 “Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”

And I say, “To where are you going?” And he says to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see how much [is] its breadth and how much its length.”

3 Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him

And behold, the messenger who is speaking with me is going out, and another messenger is going out to meet him,

4 and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.

and he says to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem is inhabited [as] open places, From the abundance of man and beast in her midst.

5 For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”

And I am to her—a declaration of YHWH—A wall of fire all around, And I am for glory in her midst.

6 “Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.

Behold, and flee from the land of the north, A declaration of YHWH, For as the four winds of the heavens, I have spread you abroad, A declaration of YHWH.

7 “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”

Behold, Zion, be delivered who are dwelling [with] the daughter of Babylon.

8 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—

For thus said YHWH of Hosts: He has sent Me after glory to the nations who are spoiling you, For he who is coming against you, Is coming against the pupil of His eye.

9 I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.”

For behold, I am waving My hand against them, And they have been a spoil to their servants. And you have known that YHWH of Hosts has sent Me.

10 “Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.

Sing, and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, For behold, I am coming, and have dwelt in your midst, A declaration of YHWH.

11 “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.

And many nations have been joined to YHWH in that day, And they have been to Me for a people, And I have dwelt in your midst, And you have known that YHWH of Hosts has sent Me to you.

12 And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.

And YHWH has inherited Judah, His portion on the holy ground, And He has fixed again on Jerusalem.

13 Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”

Hush, all flesh, because of YHWH, For He has been roused up from His holy habitation!”