Zechariah 2:1-9 ▼

1 I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

2 I asked, “Where are you going?” He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length.”

3 Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him.

4 He said to him, “Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and livestock in it.”

5 The declaration of the LORD: “I will be a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory within it.|”

6 Get up! Leave the land of the north|—this is the LORD’s declaration—|for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven|—this is the LORD’s declaration. “

7 Go, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon.”

8 For the LORD of Hosts says this: “He has sent Me for His glory against the nations who are plundering you, for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of His eye.

9 I will move against them with My power, and they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.”