Zechariah 2
1 I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and look, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold a man, with a measuring line in his hand.
2 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."
And I said: Whither goest thou? and he said to me: To measure Jerusalem, and to see how great is the breadth thereof, and how great the length thereof.
3 Look, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
And behold the angel that spoke in me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him.
4 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.
And he said to him: Run, speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls, by reason of the multitude of men, and of the beasts in the midst thereof.
5 For I,' says the LORD, 'will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.
And I will be to it, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about: and I will be in glory in the midst thereof.
6 Come. Come. Flee from the land of the north,' says the LORD; 'for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,' says the LORD.
O, O flee ye out of the land of the north, saith the Lord, for I have scattered you into the four winds of heaven, saith the Lord.
7 'Come, Zion. Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.'
O Sion, flee, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon:
8 For thus says the LORD 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.
For thus saith the Lord of hosts: After the glory he hath sent me to the nations that have robbed you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of my eye:
9 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 the LORD of hosts has sent me.
For behold I lift up my hand upon them, and they shall be a prey to those that served them: and you shall know that the Lord of hosts sent me.
10 Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, look, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you,' says the LORD.
Sing praise, and rejoice, O daughter of Sion: for behold I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee: saith the Lord.
11 Many nations shall join themselves 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 to you.
And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and they 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 to thee.
12 The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.
And the Lord shall possess Juda his portion in the sanctified land: and he shall yet choose Jerusalem.
13 Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation."
Let all flesh be silent at the presence of the Lord: for he is risen up out of his. holy habitation.
