Zechariah 2:1–13

THIRD VISION: SURVEYOR

2I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. ²I asked, “Where are you going?”

He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length.”

³Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him. ⁴He said to him, “Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and animals in it.”^{a 5}The declaration of the Lord: “I myself will be a wall^b of fire around it, and I will be the glory within it.”

⁶“Listen! Listen! Flee from the land of the north”^c—this is the Lord’s declaration—“for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven”—this is the Lord’s declaration. ⁷“Listen, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon.” ⁸For the Lord of Armies says this: “In pursuit of his glory, he sent me against the nations plundering you, for whoever touches you touches the pupil^B of my^C eye. ⁹For look, I am raising my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their own servants.^d Then you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me.

¹⁰“Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you”—this is the Lord’s declaration. ¹¹“Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become my^D people.^e I will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you. ¹²The Lord will take possession of Judah as his portion in the Holy Land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem.^{f 13}Let all humanity be silent^g before the Lord, for from his holy dwelling he has roused himself.”