Zechariah 2
1 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, 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 to 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 who talked with me went forth, and another angel went forth to meet him,
Look, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
4 and said to him, Run, speak to that young man, saying: Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls On account of the multitude of men and of cattle within her.
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 will be to her, saith Jehovah, A wall of fire round about, And glory will I be within her.
For I,' says YHWH, '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 ye out of the land of the North, saith Jehovah; For toward the four winds of heaven have I scattered you abroad, saith Jehovah.
Come. Come. Flee from the land of the north,' says YHWH; 'for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,' says YHWH.
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 Jehovah of hosts: For glory hath he sent me to the nations which plundered you; (For he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.)
For thus says YHWH 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 Jehovah 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 YHWH of hosts has sent me.
10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For, behold, I will come, And I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith Jehovah;
Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, look, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you,' says YHWH.
11 And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, And shall be my people; And I will dwell in the midst of thee; And thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me to thee.
Many nations shall join themselves to YHWH in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that YHWH of hosts has sent me to you.
12 And Jehovah will possess Judah as his portion in the holy land, And will again choose Jerusalem.
YHWH will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.
13 Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah! For he riseth up from his holy habitation.
Be silent, all flesh, before YHWH; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation."
