Zechariah 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

4 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.”

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.

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

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

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

“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.

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

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

8 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.

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—

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

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.”

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

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

11 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.

“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.

12 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.

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

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

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