Zechariah 2-3

New King James Version

Vision of the Measuring Line

2 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, ^(A)a man with a measuring line in his hand. ²So I said, “Where are you going?”

And he said to me, ^(B)“To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

³And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him, ⁴who said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying: ^(C)‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it. ⁵For I,’ says the Lord, ‘will be ^(D)a wall of fire all around her, ^(E)and I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”

Future Joy of Zion and Many Nations

⁶“Up, up! Flee ^(F)from the land of the north,” says the Lord; “for I have ^(G)spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the Lord. ⁷“Up, Zion! ^(H)Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”

⁸For thus says the Lord of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who ^(I)touches you touches the ^[a]apple of His eye. ⁹For surely I will ^(J)shake My hand against them, and they shall become ^[b]spoil for their servants. Then ^(K)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.

¹⁰^(L)“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I ^(M)will dwell in your midst,” says the Lord. ¹¹^(N)“Many nations shall be joined to the Lord ^(O)in that day, and they shall become ^(P)My people. And I will dwell in your midst. Then ^(Q)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you. ¹²And the Lord will ^(R)take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem. ¹³^(S)Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for He is aroused ^(T)from His holy habitation!”

Vision of the High Priest

3 Then he showed me ^(U)Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and ^(V)Satan^[c] standing at his right hand to oppose him. ²And the Lord said to Satan, ^(W)“The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord who ^(X)has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! ^(Y)Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?”

³Now Joshua was clothed with ^(Z)filthy garments, and was standing before the Angel.

⁴Then He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, “Take away the filthy garments from him.” And to him He said, “See, I have removed your iniquity from you, ^(AA)and I will clothe you with rich robes.”

⁵And I said, “Let them put a clean ^(AB)turban on his head.”

So they put a clean turban on his head, and they put the clothes on him. And the Angel of the Lord stood by.

The Coming Branch

⁶Then the Angel of the Lord admonished Joshua, saying, ⁷“Thus says the Lord of hosts:

‘If you will walk in My ways,
And if you will ^(AC)keep My command,
Then you shall also ^(AD)judge My house,
And likewise have charge of My courts;
I will give you places to walk
Among these who ^(AE)stand here.

⁸‘Hear, O Joshua, the high priest,
You and your companions who sit before you,
For they are ^(AF)a^[d] wondrous sign;
For behold, I am bringing forth ^(AG)My Servant the ^(AH)BRANCH.
⁹For behold, the stone
That I have laid before Joshua:
^(AI)Upon the stone are ^(AJ)seven eyes.
Behold, I will engrave its inscription,’
Says the Lord of hosts,
‘And ^(AK)I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
¹⁰^(AL)In that day,’ says the Lord of hosts,
‘Everyone will invite his neighbor
^(AM)Under his vine and under his fig tree.’ ”