Zechariah 2:6

New American Bible - revised edition

I asked, “Where are you going?” And he said, “To measure Jerusalem—to see how great its width is and how great its length.”

Cross References

Genesis 19:17

As soon as they had brought them outside, they said: “Flee for your life! Do not look back or stop anywhere on the Plain. Flee to the hills at once, or you will be swept away.”

Psalm 44:2

O God, we have heard with our own ears; our ancestors have told us The deeds you did in their days, with your own hand in days of old:

Isaiah 48:20

Go forth from Babylon, flee from Chaldea! With shouts of joy declare this, announce it; Make it known to the ends of the earth, Say: “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob.

Isaiah 55:1

All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, buy grain and eat; Come, buy grain without money, wine and milk without cost!

Jeremiah 1:14

The Lord said to me, And from the north evil will pour out over all who dwell in the land.

Jeremiah 15:4

And I will make them an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 3:18

In those days the house of Judah will walk alongside the house of Israel; together they will come from the land of the north to the land which I gave your ancestors as a heritage.

Jeremiah 31:10

Hear the word of the Lord, you nations, proclaim it on distant coasts, and say: The One who scattered Israel, now gathers them; he guards them as a shepherd his flock.

Jeremiah 31:38

See, days are coming—oracle of the Lord—when the city shall be rebuilt as the Lord’s, from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

Jeremiah 31:8

Look! I will bring them back from the land of the north; I will gather them from the ends of the earth, the blind and the lame in their midst, Pregnant women, together with those in labor— an immense throng—they shall return.

Jeremiah 50:8

Flee from the midst of Babylon, leave the land of the Chaldeans, be like rams at the head of the flock.

Jeremiah 51:45

Leave her, my people; each of you save your own life from the burning wrath of the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:50

You who have escaped the sword, go, do not stand idle; Remember the Lord from far away, let Jerusalem come to mind.

Jeremiah 51:6

Flee from Babylon; each of you save your own life, do not perish because of her guilt; This is a time of retribution from the Lord,

Ezekiel 11:16

Therefore say: Thus says the Lord God: I have indeed sent them far away among the nations, scattered them over the lands, and have been but little sanctuary for them in the lands to which they have gone.

Ezekiel 17:21

Any among his forces who escape will fall by the sword, And whoever might survive will be scattered to the winds. Thus you will know that I the Lord have spoken.

Ezekiel 5:10

Therefore, parents will eat their children in your midst, and children will eat their parents. I will inflict punishments upon you and scatter all who remain to the winds.

Ezekiel 5:12

A third of your people shall die of disease or starve to death within you; another third shall fall by the sword all around you; a third I will scatter to the winds and pursue them with the sword.

Daniel 11:4

No sooner shall he appear than his kingdom shall be broken and divided in four directions under heaven; but not among his descendants or in keeping with his mighty rule, for his kingdom shall be torn to pieces and belong to others.

Amos 9:9

For see, I have given the command to sift the house of Israel among all the nations, As one sifts with a sieve, letting no pebble fall to the ground.

Zechariah 1:16

Therefore, thus says the Lord: I return to Jerusalem in mercy; my house will be rebuilt there—oracle of the Lord of hosts— and a measuring line will be stretched over Jerusalem.

Zechariah 2:7

Then the angel who spoke with me advanced as another angel came out to meet him

Matthew 24:31

And he will send out his angels with a trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. The Lesson of the Fig Tree.

Mark 13:27

and then he will send out the angels and gather [his] elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of the sky. The Lesson of the Fig Tree.

Deuteronomy 28:64

The Lord will scatter you among all the peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will serve other gods, of wood and stone, which you and your ancestors have not known.

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Depart from her, my people, so as not to take part in her sins and receive a share in her plagues,

Ruth 4:1

Boaz went to the gate and took a seat there. Along came the other redeemer of whom he had spoken. Boaz called to him by name, “Come, sit here.” And he did so.