Zechariah 2

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

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

2 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.'

Then I asked, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length."

3 And, behold, the angel that spoke with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

Look, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

4 and said unto him: 'Run, speak to this young man, saying: 'Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein.

and said to him, "Run, speak to this young man, saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.

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

For I,' says Jehovah, 'will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

6 Ho, ho, flee then 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.

Come. Come. Flee from the land of the north,' says Jehovah; 'for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,' says Jehovah.

7 Ho, Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.'

'Come, Zion. Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.'

8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts who sent me after glory unto the nations which spoiled you: 'Surely, he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

For thus says Jehovah of hosts: 'For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of my eye.

9 For, behold, I will shake My hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those that served them'; and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.

For, look, I will shake my hand over them, and they will be a spoil to those who served them; and you will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me.

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

Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, look, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you,' says Jehovah.

11 And many nations shall join themselves 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.

Many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me to you.

12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah as His portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

Jehovah will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.

13 Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for He is aroused out of His holy habitation.

Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation."