2Zechariah 2

The Vision of the Measuring Line

1In another vision I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.Select Zechariah 2:1

2“Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he answered, “to see how long and how wide it is.”Select Zechariah 2:2

3Then I saw the angel who had been speaking to me step forward, and another angel came to meet him.Select Zechariah 2:3

4The first one said to the other, “Run and tell that young man with the measuring line that there are going to be so many people and so much livestock in Jerusalem that it will be too big to have walls.Select Zechariah 2:4

5The Lord has promised that he himself will be a wall of fire around the city to protect it and that he will live there in all his glory.”Select Zechariah 2:5

The Exiles Are Called to Come Home

7The Lord said to his people, “I scattered you in all directions. But now, you exiles, escape from Babylonia and return to Jerusalem.Select Zechariah 2:7

8Anyone who strikes you strikes what is most precious to me.” So the Lord Almighty sent me with this message for the nations that had plundered his people:Select Zechariah 2:8

9“The Lord himself will fight against you, and you will be plundered by the people who were once your servants.” When this happens, everyone will know that the Lord Almighty sent me.Select Zechariah 2:9

10The Lord said, “Sing for joy, people of Jerusalem! I am coming to live among you!”Select Zechariah 2:10

11At that time many nations will come to the Lord and become his people. He will live among you, and you will know that he has sent me to you.Select Zechariah 2:11

12Once again Judah will be the special possession of the Lord in his sacred land, and Jerusalem will be the city he loves most of all.Select Zechariah 2:12

13Be silent, everyone, in the presence of the Lord, for he is coming from his holy dwelling place.Select Zechariah 2:13