Zechariah 2

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

And I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man, and in his hand a measuring line.

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.”

And I said to him, Whither goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it.

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

And, behold, the angel that spoke with me stood [by], and another angel went forth 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 spoke to him, saying, Run and speak to that young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be fully inhabited by reason of the abundance of men and cattle in the midst of her.

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.

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

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.

Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I will gather you from the four winds of heaven, saith the Lord,

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

[even] to Sion: deliver yourselves, ye that dwell [with] the daughter of Babylon.

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

For thus saith the Lord Almighty; After the glory has he sent me to the nations that spoiled you: for he that touches you is as one that 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.

For, behold, I bring my hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to them that serve them: and ye shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.

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

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Sion: for, behold, I come, and will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

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

And many nations shall flee for refuge to the Lord in that day, and they shall be for a people to him, and they shall dwell in the midst of thee: and thou shalt know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to thee.

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

And the Lord shall inherit Juda his portion in the holy [land], and he will yet choose Jerusalem.

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

Let all flesh fear before the Lord: for he has risen up from his holy clouds.