Zechariah 2

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

I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold 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 said I, Whither goest thou? And 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,

And behold, the angel that 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 shall be inhabited [as] towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle 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, saith the LORD, will be to her a wall of fire on every side, and 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.

Ho, ho, [come forth], and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.

7 Up, escape to Zion, you who live in Babylon.

Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest [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 saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me to the nations which wasted you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his 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 behold, I will shake my hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.

10 ‘Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion! I am coming, I will live among you, says the Lord.

Sing, and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith 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.

And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me to thee.

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

And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

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

Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.