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A Vision of a Man with a Measuring Line

 ^[a] 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 shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of people and livestock in it. ⁵ And I 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 said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me^[b] to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye: ⁹ “Behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall 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 shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall 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.

Footnotes:

1. Zechariah 2:1 Ch 2:5 in Hebrew
2. Zechariah 2:8 Or he sent me after glory

Cross references:

1. Zechariah 2:1 : Ezek. 40:3; Rev. 11:1
2. Zechariah 2:2 : [ch. 1:16]
3. Zechariah 2:3 : ch. 1:9, 19
4. Zechariah 2:4 : [ch. 12:6; 14:10, 11]
5. Zechariah 2:4 : See Esth. 9:19
6. Zechariah 2:4 : Isa. 49:19; Jer. 31:27
7. Zechariah 2:5 : Isa. 4:5; [ch. 9:8; Ps. 125:2]
8. Zechariah 2:6 : Isa. 48:20
9. Zechariah 2:6 : [ch. 7:14; Ezek. 5:10; 17:21]
10. Zechariah 2:7 : [Isa. 52:11]
11. Zechariah 2:8 : Jer. 12:14
12. Zechariah 2:8 : See Deut. 32:10
13. Zechariah 2:9 : Isa. 11:15; 19:16
14. Zechariah 2:9 : Ezek. 39:10
15. Zechariah 2:9 : ch. 4:9; 6:15; Ezek. 33:33
16. Zechariah 2:10 : See Zeph. 3:14
17. Zechariah 2:10 : Ps. 40:7
18. Zechariah 2:10 : ch. 8:3; Isa. 12:6; Ezek. 37:27; Zeph. 3:15; 2 Cor. 6:16; See Lev. 26:12
19. Zechariah 2:11 : ch. 8:22; See Isa. 2:2
20. Zechariah 2:11 : [See ver. 10 above]; ch. 8:3; Isa. 12:6; Ezek. 37:27; Zeph. 3:15; 2 Cor. 6:16; See Lev. 26:12
21. Zechariah 2:11 : [See ver. 9 above]; ch. 4:9; 6:15; Ezek. 33:33
22. Zechariah 2:12 : See Deut. 32:9
23. Zechariah 2:12 : ch. 1:17; [Hab. 2:20]