New American Standard Bible 2020

Zechariah 2:4-7

4And he saidH559to him, “Runרֻ֗ץRutzH7323,speakדַּבֵּ֛רda.BerH1696to thatH1975youngהַנַּ֥עַרha.Na.'arH5288manH5288thereH1975,sayingH559, ‘Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םye.ru.sha.LimH3389will be inhabitedתֵּשֵׁ֣בte.ShevH3427as openפְּרָזוֹת֙pe.ra.zOtH6519countryH6519becauseH4480of themultitudeמֵרֹ֥בme.RoH7230of peopleאָדָ֛ם'a.DamH120and cattleוּבְהֵמָ֖הu.ve.he.MahH929withinבְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃be.to.KhahH8432it.

5But I,’ declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, ‘will be awallח֥וֹמַתCho.matH2346of fireאֵ֖שׁ'eshH784to her on allH5439sidesH5439, and I will be thegloryוּלְכָב֖וֹדu.le.kha.VodH3519in her midstבְתוֹכָֽהּ׃ פve.to.KhahH8432.’”

6“Youה֣וֹיHoH1945thereה֗וֹיHoH1945!Fleeוְנֻ֛סוּve.Nu.suH5127from the landמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776of the northצָפ֖וֹןtza.FonH6828,”declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, “becauseכִּ֠יkiH3588I havespreadH6566you outH6566like the fourכְּאַרְבַּ֞עke.'ar.Ba'H702windsרוּח֧וֹתru.ChotH7307of the heavensהַשָּׁמַ֛יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,”declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

7“Youה֥וֹיHoH1945,Zionצִיּ֖וֹןtzi.YonH6726!Escapeהִמָּלְטִ֑יhi.mal.TiH4422,you who are livingיוֹשֶׁ֖בֶתyo.She.vetH3427withthe daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Babylonבָּבֶֽל׃ סba.VelH894.”

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