Zechariah 2

Third vision: a measuring line

1This time I saw someone holding a measuring line,

2and I asked, “Where are you going?”

“To measure Jerusalem,” was the answer. “To find out how wide and long it is.”

3The angel who had spoken to me was leaving, when another angel came up to him

4and said, “Hurry! Tell that man with the measuring line that Jerusalem won't have any boundaries. It will be too full of people and animals even to have a wall.

5The LORD himself has promised to be a protective wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem, and he will be its shining glory in the heart of the city.”

A call to action

6The LORD says to his people, “Run! Escape from the land in the north, where I scattered you to the four winds.

7Leave Babylonia and hurry back to Zion.”

8Then the glorious LORD All-Powerful ordered me to say to the nations that had raided and robbed Zion:

13Everyone, be silent!

The LORD is present

and moving about

in his holy place.

© British and Foreign Bible Society 2012
Published by: British & Foreign Bible Society