Zechariah 2

1 And lifting up my eyes, I saw 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 And 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.

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

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

4 Said 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.

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

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.

6 Ho, 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.

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

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

8 For 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.

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.

9 For 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.

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.

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

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

11 And 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.

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.

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

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

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

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