Zechariah 2

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

Then I lifted up my eyes and saw 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 width and what is its length.”

“Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”

3 Behold, the angel who talked with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him,

Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came 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 said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.

5 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.

For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”

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.

“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.

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

“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”

8 For the LORD of Armies says: ‘For honour he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.

For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—

9 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.

I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.”

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

“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.

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

“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.

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

And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.

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

Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”