Zechariah 2

1 Then I looked up and 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 I said, ‘Where are you going?’ He replied, ‘To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and length.’

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 Then the messenger who talked with me stepped forward, and another messenger went out to meet him,

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

4 and said to him, ‘Run and tell to that young man that Jerusalem will be inhabited like a village without walls, because so many people and cattle will live there.

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 her, and I will be the glory in the midst of 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 Up! Away! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, 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 Up, escape to Zion, you who live in Babylon.

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

8 This is what the Lord of hosts says to the nations which plundered you: Whoever touches you touches the apple of my eye.

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 I will raise my hand against them. They will be plunder for their own slaves; and you will know that the Lord of hosts 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 ‘Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion! I am coming, I will live 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 Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day, and will be his people, and he will live among you. You will know that the Lord of hosts 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 The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land. He will again choose Jerusalem.

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

13 Be silent, everyone, in the presence of the Lord, because he is coming from his holy dwelling.’

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