Zechariah 2

God’s Favor to Zion

11Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a 2measuring line in his hand. 2So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To 3measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is.” 3And behold, the 4angel who had been speaking with me was going out, and another angel was going out to meet him. 4And he said to him, “Run, speak to that 5young man there, saying, ‘6Jerusalem will be inhabited 7as open country because of the 8multitude of people and cattle within it. 5But I,’ declares the Lord, ‘will be a 9wall of fire to her on all sides, and I will be the 10glory in her midst.’”

6“11You there! 12Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “because I have 13spread you out like the four winds of the heavens,” declares the Lord. 7“14You, Zion! 15Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.” 8For the Lord of armies says this: “After 16glory He has sent me against the nations that plunder you, for the one who touches you, touches the 1718apple of His eye. 9For behold, I am going to 19wave My hand over them so that they will be 20plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the Lord of armies has sent Me. 1021Shout for joy and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will 22dwell in your midst,” declares the Lord. 11“And 23many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and will become My people. Then I will 24dwell in your midst, and you will 25know that the Lord of armies has sent Me to you. 12And the Lord will 2627possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again 28choose Jerusalem.

13“2930Be silent, all 31mankind, before the Lord; for He has 32roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”