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Zechariah 2

Future Prosperity of Jerusalem

aWhen I looked again, I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

The Man with a Measure

And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

“Where are you going?” I asked.
He replied, “I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.”

And I said, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

Then the angel who was with me went to meet a second angel who was coming toward him.

And behold, the angel that talked with me went forth; and another angel went forth to meet him,

The other angel said, “Hurry, and say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem will someday be so full of people and livestock that there won’t be room enough for everyone! Many will live outside the city walls.

and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein;

Then I, myself, will be a protective wall of fire around Jerusalem, says the LORD. And I will be the glory inside the city!’”

and I, saith Jehovah, I will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

The Exiles Are Called Home

The LORD says, “Come away! Flee from Babylon in the land of the north, for I have scattered you to the four winds.

The Redemption of Zion

Ho, ho! flee from the land of the north, saith Jehovah; for I have scattered you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, saith Jehovah.

Come away, people of Zion, you who are exiled in Babylon!”

Ho! escape, Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

After a period of glory, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies sent meb against the nations who plundered you. For he said, “Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession.c

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: After the glory, hath he sent me unto the nations that made you a spoil; for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

I will raise my fist to crush them, and their own slaves will plunder them.” Then you will know that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has sent me.

For behold, I will shake my hand upon them, and they shall become a spoil to those that served them: and ye shall know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me.

The LORD says, “Shout and rejoice, O beautiful Jerusalem,d for I am coming to live among you.

Sing aloud and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.

Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies sent me to you.

And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be unto me for a people; and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

The land of Judah will be the LORD’s special possession in the holy land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem to be his own city.

And Jehovah shall inherit Judah [as] his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

Be silent before the LORD, all humanity, for he is springing into action from his holy dwelling.”

Let all flesh be silent before Jehovah; for he is risen up out of his holy habitation.

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