Zechariah 2

¹ And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand!

² Then I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length."

³ And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him

⁴ and said to him, "Run, say to that young man, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of people and livestock in it.

⁵ And I myself will be to her a wall of fire all around,' declares the LORD, 'and I will be the glory in her midst.'"

⁶ "Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north," declares the LORD. "For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens," declares the LORD.

⁷ "Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon."

⁸ For thus says the LORD of hosts — after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye:

⁹ "Behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they will become plunder for those who served them." Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me.

¹⁰ "Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst," declares the LORD.

¹¹ "And many nations will join themselves to the LORD in that day, and they will be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.

¹² And the LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem."

¹³ Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.