Zechariah 2  Lexham English Bible

Zechariah’s Third Vision

2 And I looked up^[a] and I saw, and look, a man, and in his hand was a measuring rope! ² And I asked, “Where are you going?” And he answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to see what is its width and what is its length.” ³ And look, the angel who was talking to me was coming forward, and another angel was coming forward to meet him. ⁴ And he said to him, “Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited like villages without walls^[b] because of the multitude of people and animals in its midst. ⁵ And I will be for it a wall of fire all around,’ declares^[c] Yahweh, ‘and I will be the glory in its midst.’”

⁶ “Woe! Woe! Flee from the land of the north,” declares^[d] Yahweh, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of the heavens,” declares^[e] Yahweh. ⁷ “Woe, Zion! Escape, you inhabitants of the daughter of Babylon!” ⁸ For thus said Yahweh of hosts, after glory^[f] he sent me against the nations plundering you: Truly, the one touching you is touching the apple^[g] of his eye. ⁹ “Yes, look! I am going to wave my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their servants, and you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me. ¹⁰ Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for look, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” declares^[h] Yahweh. ¹¹ “Many nations will join themselves to Yahweh on that day, and they will be my people, and I will dwell in your midst. And you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you. ¹² And Yahweh will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land,^[i] and he will again choose Jerusalem. ¹³ Be silent, all people,^[j] before Yahweh, for he is roused from his holy dwelling.”^[k]