Zechariah 2  Common English Bible

In his hand was a measuring line.
² I said, “Where are you going?”
He said to me,
    “To measure Jerusalem to see how wide and long it will be.”
³ As I watched, the messenger speaking with me went ahead and another messenger came to meet him.
⁴ He said to him,
    “Run! Say to this young man:
        Jerusalem will be inhabited like open fields
            because of the throngs of people and cattle inside it.
⁵         But I will be a wall of fire around it, says the Lord,
            and I will be glorious inside it.
⁶         Look out; look out! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord,
            for I will scatter you like the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.
⁷         Look out, Zion.
            Flee, you who dwell with Daughter Babylon!
⁸ The Lord of heavenly forces proclaims (after his glory sent me)^[b]
        concerning the nations plundering you:
            Those who strike you strike the pupil of my eye.
⁹         But look, I am about to raise my hand against them;
            they will become prey to their own slaves,
                so you will know that the Lord of heavenly forces sent me.
¹⁰ Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Zion,
        because I am about to come and dwell among you, says the Lord.
¹¹ Many nations will be joined to the Lord on that day.
        They will become my people,
            and I will dwell among you
            so you will know that the Lord of heavenly forces sent me to you.”
¹²     The Lord will possess Judah as his inheritance upon the holy land;
            he will again choose Jerusalem.
¹³ Be silent, everyone, in the Lord’s
        presence, because he has moved from his holy habitation!