Zechariah 2

1 Then I looked again and I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

And I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, there was a man with a measure-cord in his hand.

2 “Where are you going?” I asked him. “I'm going to Jerusalem to measure its width and length,” he replied.

Then said I, Whither art thou going? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is her breadth, and what is her length.

3 The angel I was talking to came forward and another angel came to meet him

And, behold, the angel that spoke with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him;

4 and told him, “Run, and tell the young man that Jerusalem will have so many people and farm animals that it will be too big to have walls.”

And he said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Without walls shall Jerusalem be inhabited because of the multitude of men and cattle in her midst.

5 The Lord declares, I myself will be a wall of fire all around the city, and I will be the glory inside it.

But I—I will be unto her, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about, and for glory will I be in the midst of her.

6 Run! Run! Run away from the northern land, says the Lord, because I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven.

Up! up! and flee away from the land of the north saith the Lord; for as the four winds of the heaven have I spread you abroad, saith the Lord.

7 Run away, people of Zion! All of you who live in Babylon must escape.

Up, Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

8 For this is what the Lord Almighty said: Afterwards the glorious Lord sent me against the nations that plundered you—for those who touch you touch the apple of his eye.

For thus hath said the Lord of hosts, For the sake of [your] glory hath he sent me unto the nations that have despoiled you; for whoever toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye.

9 I will raise my hand against them and their former slaves will plunder them. Then you will know the Lord Almighty has sent me.

For, behold, I will swing my hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those that served them: and ye shall acknowledge that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.

10 Sing in celebration, people of Zion, for I am coming to live with you, declares the Lord.

Sing, and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for, lo, I am coming, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

11 Many nations will become believers in Lord on that day, and they shall be my people. I will live among you, and you will know the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.

And many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day, and they shall be unto me for a people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

12 The people of Judah will be the Lord's special people in the holy land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem as his special city.

And the Lord will take Judah as his inheritance upon the holy land; and he will again make choice of Jerusalem.

13 Be silent before the Lord, everyone, for he has risen from the holy place where he lives.

Be silent, all flesh! before the Lord; for he is waked up out of his holy habitation.