Zechariah 2

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