Zechariah 2
1 Then I lifted up my eyes and saw 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 “Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”
I said, ‘Where are you going?’ He replied, ‘To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and length.’
3 Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came 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 and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
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 will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire her, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.
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.
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 “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”
Up, escape to Zion, you who live in 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—
This is what the Lord of hosts says to the nations which plundered you: Whoever touches you touches the apple of my 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.”
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 “Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.
‘Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion! I am coming, I will live among you, says the Lord.
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.
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 the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land. He will again choose Jerusalem.
13 Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
Be silent, everyone, in the presence of the Lord, because he is coming from his holy dwelling.’
