Zechariah, 2

¹ And I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

² So I asked: “Where are you going?” He replied: “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is her width and what is her length.”

³ And look! the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came to meet him.

⁴ Then he said to him: “Run over there and tell that young man, ‘“Jerusalem will be inhabited as open rural country,^*1 because of all the men and livestock within her.

⁵ And I will become to her,” declares Jehovah, “a wall of fire all around, and I will become the glory in her midst.”’”

⁶ “Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares Jehovah. “For I have scattered you to the four winds of the heavens,” declares Jehovah.

⁷ “Come, Zion! Make your escape, you who are dwelling with the daughter of Babylon.

⁸ For this is what Jehovah of armies says, who after being glorified^*1 has sent me to the nations that were plundering you: ‘Whoever touches you touches the pupil of my eye.^*2

⁹ For now I will wave my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their own slaves.’ And you will certainly know that Jehovah of armies has sent me.

¹⁰ “Shout for joy, O daughter of Zion; for I am coming, and I will reside in your midst,” declares Jehovah.

¹¹ “Many nations will join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and they will become my people; and I will reside in your midst.” And you will have to know that Jehovah of armies has sent me to you.

¹² Jehovah will take possession of Judah as his portion on the holy ground, and he will again choose Jerusalem.

¹³ Be silent, all flesh,^*1 before Jehovah, for he is taking action from his holy dwelling.