Zechariah 2

Vision Three: The Surveyor

2:1 (2:5) I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2:2 I asked, “Where are you going?” He replied, “To measure Jerusalem¹ in order to determine its width and its length.” 2:3 At this point the angelic messenger² who spoke to me went out, and another messenger came to meet him 2:4 and said to him, “Hurry, speak to this young man³ as follows: ‘Jerusalem will no longer be enclosed by walls⁴ because of the multitude of people and animals there. 2:5 But I (the Lord says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem⁵ and the source of glory in her midst.’”

2:6 “You there!⁶ Flee from the northland!” says the Lord, “for like the four winds of heaven⁷ I have scattered you,” says the Lord. 2:7 “Escape, Zion, you who live among the Babylonians!”⁸ 2:8 For the Lord who rules over all says to me that for his own glory⁹ he has sent me to the nations that plundered you – for anyone who touches you touches the pupil¹⁰ of his¹¹ eye. 2:9 “I am about to punish them¹² in such a way,” he says, “that they will be looted by their own slaves.” Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me.

2:10 “Sing out and be happy, Zion my daughter!¹³ For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst,” says the Lord. 2:11 “Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on the day of salvation,¹⁴ and they will also be my¹⁵ people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all.” Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you. 2:12 The Lord will take possession of¹⁶ Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again. 2:13 Be silent in the Lord’s presence, all people everywhere,¹⁷ for he is being moved to action in his holy dwelling place.¹⁸

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