Zechariah 2

¹And lifting up my eyes, I saw a man with a measuring-line in his hand.

²And I said to him, Where are you going? And he said to me, To take the measure of Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.

³And the angel who was talking to me went out, and another angel went out, and, meeting him,

⁴Said to him, Go quickly and say to this young man, Jerusalem will be an unwalled town, because of the great number of men and cattle in her.

⁵For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire round about her, and I will be the glory inside her.

⁶Ho, ho! go in flight from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I have sent you far and wide to the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.

⁷Ho! Zion, go in flight from danger, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.

⁸For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In the way of glory he has sent me to the nations which have taken your goods: for anyone touching you is touching what is most dear to him.

⁹For at the shaking of my hand over them, their goods will be taken by those who were their servants: and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me.

¹⁰Give songs of joy, O daughter of Zion: for I come, and I will make my resting-place among you, says the Lord.

¹¹And a number of nations will be joined to the Lord in that day, and will become my people; and I will be living among you, and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.

¹²And Judah will be the Lord's heritage in the holy land, and Jerusalem will again be his.

¹³Let all flesh be quiet and make no sound before the Lord: for he is awake and has come from his holy resting-place.

Zechariah 2

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

²Then I asked, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length."

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

⁴and 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.

⁵For 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.

⁶Come! 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'Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.'

⁸For 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 his eye.

⁹For, behold, 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.

¹⁰Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you,' says the Lord.

¹¹Many 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.

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

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