Zechariah 2

CHAPTER 2

A Man with a Measuring Cord

¹¹Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, there was a man with a ^ameasuring cord in his hand.

²So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To ^ameasure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is.”

³And behold, the ^aangel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him

⁴and said to him, “Run, speak to that ^ayoung man, saying, ‘^bJerusalem will be inhabited ^1cwithout walls because of the ^dmultitude of men and cattle within it.

⁵‘Indeed I,’ declares Yahweh, ‘will be a ^awall of fire ¹around her, and I will be the ^bglory in her midst.’”

⁶“¹Ho there! ^aFlee from the land of the north,” declares Yahweh, “for I have ^bdispersed you as the four winds of the heavens,” declares Yahweh.

⁷“Woe, Zion! ^aEscape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.”

⁸For thus says Yahweh of hosts, “After ^1aglory He has sent me against the nations which have taken you as spoil, for he who touches you, touches the ^2bapple of His eye.

⁹“For behold, I will ^awave My hand over them so that they will be ^bspoil for their slaves. Then you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent Me.

¹⁰“^aSing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold, I am coming and I will ^bdwell in your midst,” declares Yahweh.

¹¹“^aAnd many nations will join themselves to Yahweh in that day and will become My people. Then I will ^bdwell in your midst, and you will ^cknow that Yahweh of hosts has sent Me to you.

¹²“Then Yahweh will ^ainherit Judah as His portion in the holy land and will again ^bchoose Jerusalem.

¹³“^1aBe silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for He is ^baroused from His holy habitation.”