Zechariah 2

1 And I lift up my eyes, and look, and behold, a man, and in his hand a measuring line.

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

2 And I say, “To where are you going?” And he says to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see how much [is] its breadth and how much its length.”

Then said I, Where go you? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

3 And behold, the messenger who is speaking with me is going out, and another messenger is going out to meet him,

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

4 and he says to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem is inhabited [as] open places, From the abundance of man and beast in her midst.

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 And I am to her—a declaration of YHWH—A wall of fire all around, And I am for glory in her midst.

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

6 Behold, and flee from the land of the north, A declaration of YHWH, For as the four winds of the heavens, I have spread you abroad, A declaration of YHWH.

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

7 Behold, Zion, be delivered who are dwelling [with] the daughter of Babylon.

Deliver yourself, O Zion, that dwell with the daughter of Babylon.

8 For thus said YHWH of Hosts: He has sent Me after glory to the nations who are spoiling you, For he who is coming against you, Is coming against the pupil of His eye.

For thus says the LORD of hosts; After the glory has he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye.

9 For behold, I am waving My hand against them, And they have been a spoil to their servants. And you have known that YHWH of Hosts has sent Me.

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

10 Sing, and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, For behold, I am coming, and have dwelt in your midst, A declaration of YHWH.

Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you, says the LORD.

11 And many nations have been joined to YHWH in that day, And they have been to Me for a people, And I have dwelt in your midst, And you have known that YHWH of Hosts 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 you, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me unto you.

12 And YHWH has inherited Judah, His portion on the holy ground, And He has fixed again on Jerusalem.

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

13 Hush, all flesh, because of YHWH, For He has been roused up from His holy habitation!”

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