Zechariah 2

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

I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold 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.

Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what [is] the breadth thereof, and what [is] the length thereof.

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

And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went 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 unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited [as] towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:

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, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

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

Ho, ho, [come forth], and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.

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

Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest [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 thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth 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.

For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.

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

Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith 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.

And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and 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 unto thee.

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 shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

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

Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.