Zechariah 2

A Vision of a Man with a Measuring Line

1 * 2:1 Ch 2:5 in Hebrew And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, *Ezek. 40:3;Rev. 11:1a man with a measuring line in his hand! 2 Then I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, *[ch. 1:16]"To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length." 3 And behold, *ch. 1:9,19the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him 4 and said to him, "Run, say to that young man, *[ch. 12:6;14:10,11] ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited *See Esth. 9:19as villages without walls, because of *Isa. 49:19;Jer. 31:27the multitude of people and livestock in it. 5 And I will be to her *Isa. 4:5;[ch. 9:8;Ps. 125:2]a wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, and I will be the glory in her midst.’"

6 Up! Up! *Isa. 48:20Flee from the land of the north, declares the Lord. For I have *[ch. 7:14;Ezek. 5:10;17:21]spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the Lord. 7 *[Isa. 52:11]Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. 8 For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me*2:8 Or he sent me after glory to the nations who plundered you, *Jer. 12:14for he who touches you touches *See Deut. 32:10the apple of his eye: 9 "Behold, *Isa. 11:15;19:16I will shake my hand over them, *Ezek. 39:10and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then *ch. 4:9;6:15;Ezek. 33:33you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me. 10 *See Zeph. 3:14Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for *Ps. 40:7behold, I come *ch. 8:3;Isa. 12:6;Ezek. 37:27;Zeph. 3:15;2 Cor. 6:16;See Lev. 26:12and I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord. 11 *ch. 8:22;See Isa. 2:2And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. *[See ver. 10above] And I will dwell in your midst, and *[See ver. 9above]you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. 12 *See Deut. 32:9And the Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again *ch. 1:17;[Hab. 2:20]choose Jerusalem."

13 Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.