Zechariah 2

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

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

2 And I said: Whither goest thou? and he said to me: To measure Jerusalem, and to see how great is the breadth thereof, and how great the length thereof.

“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 in me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him.

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

4 And he said to him: Run, speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls, by reason of the multitude of men, and of the beasts in the midst thereof.

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 it, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about: and I will be in glory in the midst thereof.

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

6 O, O flee ye out of the land of the north, saith the Lord, for I have scattered you into the four winds of heaven, saith 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 O Sion, flee, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon:

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

8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts: After the glory he hath sent me to the nations that have robbed you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of my 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 lift up my hand upon them, and they shall be a prey to those that served them: and you shall know that the Lord of hosts 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 Sing praise, and rejoice, O daughter of Sion: for behold I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee: saith the Lord.

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

11 And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and they shall be my people, and I will dwell in the midst of thee: and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me to thee.

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 possess Juda his portion in the sanctified land: and he shall 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 be silent at the presence of the Lord: for he is risen up out of his. holy habitation.

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