Zacharias 2

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

Then I looked again and I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

2 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.

“Where are you going?” I asked him. “I'm going to Jerusalem to measure its width and length,” he replied.

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

The angel I was talking to came forward and another angel came to meet him

4 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.

and told him, “Run, and tell the young man that Jerusalem will have so many people and farm animals that it will be too big to have walls.”

5 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.

The Lord declares, I myself will be a wall of fire all around the city, and I will be the glory inside it.

6 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,

Run! Run! Run away from the northern land, says the Lord, because I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven.

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

Run away, people of Zion! All of you who live in Babylon must escape.

8 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.

For this is what the Lord Almighty said: Afterwards the glorious Lord sent me against the nations that plundered you—for those who touch you touch the apple of his eye.

9 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.

I will raise my hand against them and their former slaves will plunder them. Then you will know the Lord Almighty has sent me.

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

Sing in celebration, people of Zion, for I am coming to live with you, declares the Lord.

11 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.

Many nations will become believers in Lord on that day, and they shall be my people. I will live among you, and you will know the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.

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

The people of Judah will be the Lord's special people in the holy land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem as his special city.

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

Be silent before the Lord, everyone, for he has risen from the holy place where he lives.