LEB - Zechariah - 2

2:1  And I ⌞looked up⌟ and I saw, and look, a man, and in his hand was a measuring rope!

2:2  And I asked, “Where are you going?” And he answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to see what is its width and what is its length.”

2:3  And look, the angel who was talking to me was coming forward, and another angel was coming forward to meet him.

2:4  And he said to him, “Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited ⌞like villages without walls⌟ because of the multitude of people and animals in its midst.

2:5  And I will be for it a wall of fire all around,’ ⌞declares⌟ Yahweh, ‘and I will be the glory in its midst.’ ”

2:6  “Woe! Woe! Flee from the land of the north,” ⌞declares⌟ Yahweh, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of the heavens,” ⌞declares⌟ Yahweh.

2:7  “Woe, Zion! Escape, you inhabitants of the daughter of Babylon!”

2:8  For thus said Yahweh of hosts, after glory he sent me against the nations plundering you: Truly, the one touching you is touching the apple of his eye.

2:9  “Yes, look! I am going to wave my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their servants, and you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me.

2:10  Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for look, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” ⌞declares⌟ Yahweh.

2:11  “Many nations will join themselves to Yahweh on that day, and they will be my people, and I will dwell in your midst. And you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you.

2:12  And Yahweh will inherit Judah as his portion ⌞in the holy land⌟, and he will again choose Jerusalem.

2:13  Be silent, ⌞all people⌟, before Yahweh, for he is roused from ⌞his holy dwelling⌟.”