Zechariah 1:18–2:13

A Vision of Horns and Craftsmen

¹⁸¹ And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, ^lfour horns! ¹⁹And I said to ^sthe angel who talked with me, “What are these?” And he said to me, ^l“These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.” ²⁰Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen. ²¹And I said, “What are these coming to do?” He said, ^l“These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one raised his head. And these have come ^mto terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations ⁿwho lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

A Vision of a Man with a Measuring Line

2¹ And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, ^oa man with a measuring line in his hand! ²Then I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, ^p“To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.” ³And behold, ^qthe angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him ⁴and said to him, “Run, say to that young man, ^r‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited ^sas villages without walls, because of ^tthe multitude of people and livestock in it. ⁵And I will be to her ^ua wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, and I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”

⁶Up! Up! ^vFlee from the land of the north, declares the Lord. For I have ^wspread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the Lord. ^7xUp! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. ⁸For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me² to the nations who plundered you, ^yfor he who touches you touches ^zthe apple of his eye: ⁹“Behold, ^aI will shake my hand over them, ^band they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then ^cyou will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me. ^10dSing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for ^ebehold, I come ^fand I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord. ^11gAnd many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. ^fAnd I will dwell in your midst, and ^cyou shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. ^12hAnd the Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again ⁱchoose Jerusalem.”

¹³Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.