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
Zechariah’s Third Vision
1And I looked up#Literally “lifted up my eyes” and I saw, and look, a man, and in his hand was a measuring rope! 2And I asked, “Where are you going?” And he answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to see what is its width and what is its length.” 3And look, the angel who was talking to me was coming forward, and another angel was coming forward to meet him. 4And he said to him, “Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited like villages without walls#Literally “like open regions” because of the multitude of people and animals in its midst. 5And I will be for it a wall of fire all around,’ declares#Literally “a declaration of” Yahweh, ‘and I will be the glory in its midst.’ ”
6“Woe! Woe! Flee from the land of the north,” declares#Literally “a declaration of” Yahweh, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of the heavens,” declares#Literally “a declaration of” Yahweh. 7“Woe, Zion! Escape, you inhabitants of the daughter of Babylon!” 8For thus said Yahweh of hosts, after glory#The phrase “after glory” is difficult to interpret he sent me against the nations plundering you: Truly, the one touching you is touching the apple#Hebrew “pupil,” but the expression “apple of his eye” has become well-established in English of his eye. 9“Yes, look! I am going to wave my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their servants, and you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me. 10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for look, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” declares#Literally “a declaration of” Yahweh. 11“Many nations will join themselves to Yahweh on that day, and they will be my people, and I will dwell in your midst. And you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you. 12And Yahweh will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land,#Literally “upon the land of the holiness” and he will again choose Jerusalem. 13Be silent, all people,#Literally “all flesh” before Yahweh, for he is roused from his holy dwelling.”#Literally “the dwelling place of his holiness”
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