Zechariah 2

1 And I lifted up eyes my and I saw and there! a man and [was] in hand his a cord of measurement.

I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

2 And I said where? [are] you going and he said to me to measure Jerusalem to see how much? [is] breadth its and how much? [is] length its.

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 there! the angel who was speaking with me [was] going out and an angel another [was] 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 said (to him *Q(k)*) run speak to the young man this saying open regions it will remain Jerusalem from [the] multitude of person[s] and livestock in [the] midst of it.

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 I will be to it [the] utterance of Yahweh a wall of fire all around and glory I will become in [the] middle of it.

For I,’ says the LORD, ‘will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the middle of her.

6 Alas! alas! flee from [the] land of [the] north [the] utterance of Yahweh that like [the] four [the] winds of the heavens I have scattered you [the] utterance of Yahweh.

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.

7 Alas! O Zion escape O inhabitant[s] of [the] daughter of Babylon.

‘Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.’

8 For thus he says Yahweh of hosts after honor he has sent me to the nations who plundered you for the [one who] touches you [is] touching [the] pupil of eye his.

For the LORD 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 here I [am] about to brandish hand my on them and they will be plunder for own slaves their and you will know that Yahweh of hosts he 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 the LORD of Armies has sent me.

10 Shout for joy and rejoice O daughter of Zion for here I [am] about to come and I will dwell in midst of you [the] utterance of Yahweh.

Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion! For behold, I come and I will dwell within you,’ says the LORD.

11 And they will join themselves nations many to Yahweh in the day that and they will become for me a people and I will dwell in midst of you and you will know that Yahweh of hosts he has sent me to you.

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

12 And he will inherit Yahweh Judah portion his on [the] land of holiness and he will choose again Jerusalem.

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

13 Hush! O all flesh from before Yahweh for he has roused himself from [the] dwelling place of holiness his.

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