Zechariah 2 - The Scriptures 2009 The Scriptures 2009
Zechariah 2

¹ And I lifted up my eyes and looked, and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

² And I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Yerushalayim, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

³ And see, the messenger who was speaking to me was going out. And another messenger was coming out to meet him,

⁴ and he said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying, ‘Yerushalayim is to remain unwalled, because of the many men and livestock in it.

⁵ For I Myself am to her,’ declares יהוה, ‘a wall of fire all around, and for esteem I am in her midst.’ ”

⁶ “Oh, Oh! And flee from the land of the north,” declares יהוה, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of the heavens,” declares יהוה.

⁷ “Oh, Tsiyon! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Baḇel.”

⁸ For thus said יהוה of hosts (for the sake of esteem He sent me to the nations which plunder you): “For he who touches you touches the apple of My eye.

⁹ “For look, I am waving My hand against them, and they shall become spoil for their servants. And you shall know that יהוה of hosts has sent Me.

¹⁰ “Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Tsiyon! For look, I am coming, and shall dwell in your midst,” declares יהוה.

¹¹ “And many nations shall be joined to יהוה in that day, and they shall become My people. And I shall dwell in your midst. And you shall know that יהוה of hosts has sent Me to you.

¹² “And יהוה shall inherit Yehuḏah, His portion in the Set-apart Land. And He shall again choose Yerushalayim.

¹³ “Hush, all flesh, before יהוה, for He has roused Himself out of His set-apart dwelling!”