Zechariah 2 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

A Vision of a Man with a Measuring Line

Zec 2:1 [fn] And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand!

Zec 2:2Then 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.”

Zec 2:3

Zec 2:3And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him

Zec 2:4

Zec 2:4and 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.

Zec 2:5

Zec 2:5And I will be to her a wall of fire all around, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”

Zec 2:6

Zec 2:6Up! 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.

Zec 2:7

Zec 2:7Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.

Zec 2:8

Zec 2:8For thus said the LORD of hosts, after his glory sent me[fn] to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye:

Zec 2:9

Zec 2:9“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.

Zec 2:10

Zec 2:10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD.

Zec 2:11

Zec 2:11And 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.

Zec 2:12

Zec 2:12And the LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.”

Zec 2:13

Zec 2:13Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.

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(2:1)

Ch 2:5 in Hebrew

(2:8)

Or he sent me after glory

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Zechariah 2 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

A Vision of a Man with a Measuring Line

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