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 my eyes, and saw, 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 I asked, “Where are you going?” He said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

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

Behold, the angel who talked with me went out, 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 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 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 Yahweh, ‘will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the middle 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.

Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,’ says Yahweh; ‘for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,’ says Yahweh.

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

‘Come, Zion! Escape, you who 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 Yahweh of Armies says: ‘For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who 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 my hand over them, and they will be a plunder to those who served them; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies 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, daughter of Zion! For behold, I come and I will dwell within you,’ says Yahweh.

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.

Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell among you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.

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

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

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

Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!”