Zechariah 2:1–13

Vision of the Measuring Line

2Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, ^aa man with a measuring line in his hand. ²So I said, “Where are you going?”

And he said to me, ^b“To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

³And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him, ⁴who said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying: ^c‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it. ⁵For I,’ says the Lord, ‘will be ^da wall of fire all around her, ^eand I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”

Future Joy of Zion and Many Nations

⁶“Up, up! Flee ^ffrom the land of the north,” says the Lord; “for I have ^gspread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the Lord. ⁷“Up, Zion! ^hEscape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”

⁸For thus says the Lord of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who ⁱtouches you touches the ¹apple of His eye. ⁹For surely I will ^jshake My hand against them, and they shall become ²spoil for their servants. Then ^kyou will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.

^10l“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I ^mwill dwell in your midst,” says the Lord. ¹¹ⁿ“Many nations shall be joined to the Lord ^oin that day, and they shall become ^pMy people. And I will dwell in your midst. Then ^qyou will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you. ¹²And the Lord will ^rtake possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem. ^13sBe silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for He is aroused ^tfrom His holy habitation!”