Zechariah 2:1-9 ▼

1 And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw, and behold, a man, and in his hand was a measuring line.

2 And I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, so that I may see how great its width and how great its length may be.”

3 And behold, the angel, who had been speaking with me, departed, and another angel went out to meet him.

4 And he said to him: Hurry, speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls, because of the multitude of men and beasts of burden in its midst.

5 And I will be to it, says the Lord, a wall of fire all around. And in glory, I will be in its midst.

6 O, O flee from the land of the North, says the Lord, for I have scattered you into the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.

7 O Zion, flee, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.

8 For thus says the Lord of hosts: After the glory, he has sent me to the Gentiles, which have despoiled you. For he who touches you, touches the pupil of my eye.

9 For behold, I lift up my hand over them, and they will be a prey to those who had served them. And you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.