Zechariah 2

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

And I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, there was a man with a measure-cord 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, Whither art thou going? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is her breadth, and what is her length.

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 spoke with me went out, and another angel came 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 he said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Without walls shall Jerusalem be inhabited because of the multitude of men and cattle in her midst.

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

But I—I will be unto her, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about, and for glory will I be 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.

Up! up! and flee away from the land of the north saith the Lord; for as the four winds of the heaven have I spread you abroad, saith the Lord.

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

Up, Zion, escape, thou that dwellest 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 hath said the Lord of hosts, For the sake of [your] glory hath he sent me unto the nations that have despoiled you; for whoever toucheth you, toucheth 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 swing my hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those that served them: and ye shall acknowledge that the Lord of hosts hath 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 am coming, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith 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 will join themselves to the Lord on that day, and they shall be unto me for a 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 And YHWH has inherited Judah, His portion on the holy ground, And He has fixed again on Jerusalem.

And the Lord will take Judah as his inheritance upon the holy land; and he will again make choice of Jerusalem.

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

Be silent, all flesh! before the Lord; for he is waked up out of his holy habitation.