Zechariah 2:5–13

⁵I will be a wall of fire around it,’ says the Lord. ‘And I will be the glory within it.’

⁶“Oh no! Oh no! Run away from Babylon, because I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” says the Lord.

⁷“Oh no, Jerusalem! Escape, you who live right in Babylon.” ⁸This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “After he has honored me and sent me against the nations who took your possessions—because whoever touches you hurts what is precious to me—⁹I will shake my hand against them so that their slaves will rob them.”

Then you will know that the Lord All-Powerful sent me.

¹⁰“Shout and be glad, Jerusalem. I am coming, and I will live among you,” says the Lord. ¹¹“At that time people from many nations will join with the Lord and will become my people. Then I will live among you, and you will know that the Lord All-Powerful has sent me to you. ¹²The Lord will take Judah as his own part of the holy land, and Jerusalem will be his chosen city again. ¹³Be silent, everyone, in the presence of the Lord. He is coming out of the holy place where he lives.”