Zechariah 2:1
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Zechariah 2:2
“Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”
Zechariah 2:3
Then the angel who was speaking with me went forth, and another angel came forward to meet him
Zechariah 2:4
and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
Zechariah 2:5
For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
Zechariah 2:6
“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.
Zechariah 2:7
“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”
Zechariah 2:8
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
Zechariah 2:9
I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.”
Zechariah 2:10
“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.
Zechariah 2:11
“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.
Zechariah 2:12
And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
Zechariah 2:13
Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”