The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Zechariah 02
1 I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a
man with a measuring line in his hand.
2 Then I asked, “Where are you going?”
He said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to
see whatis its widthand whatis its length.”
3 Behold, the angel who talked with me
went out, and another angel went out to
meet him,
4 and said to him, “Run, speak to this
young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited
as villages without walls, because
of the multitude of men and livestock in it.
5 For I,’ says Yahweh, ‘will be to her a wall
of fire around it, and I will be the glory in
the middle of her.
6 Come! Come! Flee from the land of the
north,’ says Yahweh; ‘for I have spread you
abroad as the four winds of the sky,’ says
Yahweh.
7 ‘Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell
with the daughter of Babylon.’
8 For Yahweh of Armies says: ‘For honor
he has sent me to the nations which
plundered you; for he who touches you touches
the apple of his eye.
9 For, behold, I will shake my hand over
them, and they will be a plunder to those
who served them; and you will know that
Yahweh of Armies has sent me.
10 Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion! For
behold, I come and I will dwell within you,’
says Yahweh.
11 Many nations shall join themselves
to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my
people; and I will dwell among you, and
you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has
sent me to you.
12 Yahweh will inherit Judah as his portion
in the holy land, and will again choose
Jerusalem.
13 Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh;
for he has roused himself from his holy
habitation!”