Zechariah 2:5–13

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.”