Zechariah 2
A Man with a Measuring Cord
21Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, there was a man with a ameasuring cord in his hand. 2So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To ameasure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is.” 3And behold, the aangel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him 4and said to him, “Run, speak to that ayoung man, saying, ‘bJerusalem will be inhabited 1,cwithout walls because of the dmultitude of men and cattle within it. 5‘Indeed I,’ declares Yahweh, ‘will be a awall of fire 1around her, and I will be the bglory in her midst.’”
6“1Ho there! aFlee from the land of the north,” declares Yahweh, “for I have bdispersed you as the four winds of the heavens,” declares Yahweh. 7“Woe, Zion! aEscape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.” 8For thus says Yahweh of hosts, “After 1,aglory He has sent Me against the nations which have taken you as spoil, for he who touches you, touches the 2,bapple of His eye. 9“For behold, I will awave My hand over them so that they will be bspoil for their slaves. Then you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent Me. 10“aSing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold, I am coming and I will bdwell in your midst,” declares Yahweh. 11“aAnd many nations will join themselves to Yahweh in that day and will become My people. Then I will bdwell in your midst, and you will cknow that Yahweh of hosts has sent Me to you. 12“Then Yahweh will ainherit Judah as His portion in the holy land and will again bchoose Jerusalem.