Zechariah 2

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The Vision of the Measuring Line

2 ^[a]Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. ² I asked, “Where are you going?”

He responded, “To measure Jerusalem in order to determine its width and length.”

³ Look! That angel who was talking to me left, and another angel came forward to meet him. ⁴ That other angel told him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be an inhabited city without walls due to the number of people and livestock within it. ⁵ I myself will be an encircling rampart of fire,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be the glory in her midst.’

⁶ “‘Come now! Come now! Flee from the land of the north,’ declares the Lord, ‘for I have dispersed you like the four winds of heaven,’ declares the Lord.

⁷ “‘Come now, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the residents of Babylon. ⁸ For this is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies says: “In pursuit of glory I was sent to the nations who plundered you, because whoever injures you injures the pupil of my eye. ⁹ And look, I will shake my fist over them, and they will become plunder for their former^[b] slaves. And you will know that the Lord of the Heavenly Armies sent me.”’”

The Lord will Live in Zion

¹⁰ “Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion! Take note! I am coming to live in your midst,” declares the Lord. ¹¹ “Many nations will cling to the Lord at that time^[c] and will become my people. I will live in your midst, and you will know that the Lord of the Heavenly Armies has sent me to you. ¹² The Lord will take possession of Judah as his own property in the Holy Land—and he will choose Jerusalem again. ¹³ Be silent, every living thing, in the presence of the Lord, because he is emerging^[d] from his Holy Place.”