¹⁸^v And I looked up^w and I saw, and look, there were four horns! ¹⁹And I said to the angel who was talking with me, “What are these?” And he said to me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.” ²⁰Then Yahweh showed me four skilled craftsmen, ²¹and I asked, “What are these coming to do?” And he answered, saying, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no man^x lifted up his head; but these have come to frighten them, to strike down the horns of the nations that lifted a horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

Zechariah’s Third Vision

2And I looked up^a and I saw, and look, a man, and in his hand was a measuring rope! ²And I asked, “Where are you going?” And he answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to see what is its width and what is its length.” ³And look, the angel who was talking to me was coming forward, and another angel was coming forward to meet him. ⁴And he said to him, “Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited like villages without walls^b because of the multitude of people and animals in its midst. ⁵And I will be for it a wall of fire all around,’ declares^c Yahweh, ‘and I will be the glory in its midst.’ ”

⁶“Woe! Woe! Flee from the land of the north,” declares^d Yahweh, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of the heavens,” declares^e Yahweh. ⁷“Woe, Zion! Escape, you inhabitants of the daughter of Babylon!” ⁸For thus said Yahweh of hosts, after glory^f he sent me against the nations plundering you: Truly, the one touching you is touching the apple^g of his eye. ⁹“Yes, look! I am going to wave my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their servants, and you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me. ¹⁰Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for look, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” declares^h Yahweh. ¹¹“Many nations will join themselves to Yahweh on that day, and they will be my people, and I will dwell in your midst. And you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you. ¹²And Yahweh will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land,ⁱ and he will again choose Jerusalem. ¹³Be silent, all people,^j before Yahweh, for he is roused from his holy dwelling.”^k

Read in Logos

Zechariah 2:10: Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD.

Footnotes

v Zechariah 1:18–2:17 in the English Bible is 2:1–13 in the Hebrew Bible
wLiterally “lifted up my eyes”
xLiterally “according to the mouth of a man”
aLiterally “lifted up my eyes”
bLiterally “like open regions”
cLiterally “a declaration of”
dLiterally “a declaration of”
eLiterally “a declaration of”
fThe phrase “after glory” is difficult to interpret
gHebrew “pupil,” but the expression “apple of his eye” has become well-established in English
hLiterally “a declaration of”
iLiterally “upon the land of the holiness”
jLiterally “all flesh”
kLiterally “the dwelling place of his holiness”