Zechariah 2

Third Vision: Surveyor

2^rI 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 livestock in it.” ^s5The declaration of the Lord: “I will be a wall ^tof fire around it, and I will be the glory within it.”

⁶“Get up! Leave the land of the north” ^u—this is the Lord’s declaration—“for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven”—this is the Lord’s declaration. ⁷“Go, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon.” ⁸For the Lord of Hosts says this: “He has sent Me ^vfor His glory against the nations who are plundering you, for anyone who touches you touches the pupil ^wof His ^xeye. ⁹I will move against them with My ^ypower, and they will become plunder for their own servants. ^zThen you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me. ^a

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 ^bpeople. ^cI will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me ^dto you. ¹²The Lord will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem. ^e13Let all people be silent ^fbefore the Lord, for He is coming from His holy dwelling.”