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Zechariah 2

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

2 I asked, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "To measure Yerushalayim, to determine its width and length."

3 Here the angel who was speaking to me went forward, and another angel went out, met him

4 and said to him, "Run and tell this young man, 'Yerushalayim will be inhabited without walls, because there will be so many people and animals;

5 "for," says ADONAI, "I will be for her a wall of fire surrounding her; and I will be the glory within her.

6 Up!" says ADONAI, "Move! Flee the land of the north! For I scattered you like the four winds of the sky," says ADONAI.

7 "Move, Tziyon! You who are living with the daughter of Bavel, escape!"

8 For ADONAI-Tzva'ot has sent me on a glorious mission to the nations that plundered you, and this is what he says: "Anyone who injures you injures the very pupil of my eye.

9 But I will shake my hand over them, and they will be plundered by those who were formerly their slaves." Then you will know that ADONAI-Tzva'ot sent me.

10 "Sing, daughter of Tziyon;

11 Whenrejoice! For, here, I am coming; and I will live among you," says ADONAI. that time comes, many nations will join themselves to ADONAI. "They will be my people, and I will live among you." Then you will know that it was ADONAI-Tzva'ot who sent me to you.

12 ADONAI will take possession of Y'hudah as his portion in the holy land, and he will again make Yerushalayim his choice.

13 Be silent, all humanity, before ADONAI; for he has been roused from his holy dwelling.'"

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 And lifting up my eyes, I saw a man with a measuring-line in his hand.

2 And I said to him, Where are you going? And he said to me, To take the measure of Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.

3 And the angel who was talking to me went out, and another angel went out, and, meeting him,

4 Said to him, Go quickly and say to this young man, Jerusalem will be an unwalled town, because of the great number of men and cattle in her.

5 For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire round about her, and I will be the glory inside her.

6 Ho, ho! go in flight from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I have sent you far and wide to the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.

7 Ho! Zion, go in flight from danger, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.

8 For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In the way of glory he has sent me to the nations which have taken your goods: for anyone touching you is touching what is most dear to him.

9 For at the shaking of my hand over them, their goods will be taken by those who were their servants: and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me.

10 Give songs of joy, O daughter of Zion: for I come, and I will make my resting-place among you, says the Lord.

11 And a number of nations will be joined to the Lord in that day, and will become my people; and I will be living among you, and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.

12 And Judah will be the Lord's heritage in the holy land, and Jerusalem will again be his.

13 Let all flesh be quiet and make no sound before the Lord: for he is awake and has come from his holy resting-place.