Zechariah 1:18–2:13

¹⁸¹Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there were four horns.

¹⁹So I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he answered me, “These are the ^ahorns which have scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem.”

²⁰Then the Lord showed me four ^acraftsmen.

²¹I said, “What are these coming to do?” And he said, “These are the ^ahorns which have scattered Judah so that no man lifts up his head; but these craftsmen have come to terrify them, to ^bthrow down the horns of the nations who have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah in order to scatter it.”

Chapter 2

God’s Favor to Zion

¹¹Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a ^ameasuring line 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‘For I,’ declares the Lord, ‘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 the Lord, “for I have ^bdispersed you as the four winds of the heavens,” declares the Lord.

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

⁸For thus says the Lord of hosts, “After ^1aglory He has sent Me against the nations which plunder you, 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 ^bplunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the Lord 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 the Lord.

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

¹²“The Lord will ^1apossess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again ^bchoose Jerusalem.

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