Zechariah 2
2
A Vision of a Man Holding a Measuring Line
1Then I looked up and saw a man. He was holding a measuring line. 2“Where are you going?” I asked.
“To measure Jerusalem,” he answered. “I want to find out how wide and how long it is.”
3The angel who was talking with me was leaving. At that time, another angel came over to him. 4He said to him, “Run! Tell that young man Zechariah, ‘Jerusalem will be a city that does not have any walls around it. It will have huge numbers of people and animals in it. 5And I myself will be like a wall of fire around it,’ announces the Lord. ‘I will be the city’s glory.’
6“Israel, I have scattered you,” announces the Lord. “I have used the power of the four winds of heaven to do it. Come quickly! Run away from the land of the north,” announces the Lord.
7“Come, people of Zion! Escape, you who live in Babylon!” 8The Lord rules over all. His angel says to Israel, “The Glorious One has sent me to punish the nations that have robbed you of everything. That’s because anyone who hurts you hurts those the Lord loves and guards. 9So I will raise my powerful hand to strike down your enemies. Their own slaves will rob them of everything. Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me.
10“ ‘People of Zion, shout and be glad! I am coming to live among you,’ announces the Lord. 11‘At that time many nations will join themselves to me. And they will become my people. I will live among you,’ says the Lord. Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you. 12He will receive Judah as his share in the holy land. And he will choose Jerusalem again. 13All you people of the world, be still because the Lord is coming. He is getting ready to come down from his holy temple in heaven.”
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Zechariah 2
2
Third Vision: Surveyor
1I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2I asked, “Where are you going?”
He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length.”
3Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him. 4He said to him, “Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and animals in it.”#Is 49:19; Jr 31:27; Ezk 36:11 5The declaration of the Lord: “I myself will be a wall#Is 26:1 of fire around it, and I will be the glory within it.”
6“Listen! Listen! Flee from the land of the north”#Jr 6:22; 10:22; 50:9 — this is the Lord’s declaration — “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven” — this is the Lord’s declaration. 7“Listen, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon.” 8For the Lord of Armies says this: “In pursuit of his glory, he sent me against the nations plundering you, for whoever touches you touches the pupil#2:8 Or apple of my#2:8 Alt Hb tradition; MT reads his eye. 9For look, I am raising my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their own servants.#Is 11:15; 19:16 Then you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me.
10“Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you” — this is the Lord’s declaration. 11“Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become my#2:11 LXX, Syr read his people.#Ps 47:9; Is 42:6; Mc 4:2 I will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you. 12The Lord will take possession of Judah as his portion in the Holy Land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem.#2Ch 6:6; Zch 1:17; 3:2 13Let all humanity be silent#Hab 2:20 before the Lord, for from his holy dwelling he has roused himself.”
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