Parallel Bible results for "zechariah 2"

Zechariah 2

New Century Version NCV

1 Then I looked up and saw a man holding a line for measuring things.

2 I asked him, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is."

3 Then the angel who was talking with me left, and another angel came out to meet him.

4 The second angel said to him, "Run and tell that young man, 'Jerusalem will become a city without walls, because there will be so many people and cattle in it.

5 I will be a wall of fire around it,' says the Lord. 'And I will be the glory within it.'

6 "Oh no! Oh no! Run away from Babylon, because I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven," says the Lord.

7 "Oh no, Jerusalem! Escape, you who live right in Babylon."

8 This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: "After he has honored me and sent me against the nations who took your possessions -- because whoever touches you hurts what is precious to me --

9 I will shake my hand against them so that their slaves will rob them." Then you will know that the Lord All-Powerful sent me.

10 "Shout and be glad, Jerusalem. I am coming, and I will live among you," says the Lord.

11 "At that time people from many nations will join with the Lord and will become my people. Then I will live among you, and you will know that the Lord All-Powerful has sent me to you.

12 The Lord will take Judah as his own part of the holy land, and Jerusalem will be his chosen city again.

13 Be silent, everyone, in the presence of the Lord. He is coming out of the holy place where he lives."

New Living Translation NLT

1 When I looked again, I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

2 “Where are you going?” I asked. He replied, “I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.”

3 Then the angel who was with me went to meet a second angel who was coming toward him.

4 The other angel said, “Hurry, and say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem will someday be so full of people and livestock that there won’t be room enough for everyone! Many will live outside the city walls.

5 Then I, myself, will be a protective wall of fire around Jerusalem, says the LORD . And I will be the glory inside the city!’”

6 The LORD says, “Come away! Flee from Babylon in the land of the north, for I have scattered you to the four winds.

7 Come away, people of Zion, you who are exiled in Babylon!”

8 After a period of glory, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies sent me against the nations who plundered you. For he said, “Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession.

9 I will raise my fist to crush them, and their own slaves will plunder them.” Then you will know that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has sent me.

10 The LORD says, “Shout and rejoice, O beautiful Jerusalem, for I am coming to live among you.

11 Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies sent me to you.

12 The land of Judah will be the LORD ’s special possession in the holy land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem to be his own city.

13 Be silent before the LORD, all humanity, for he is springing into action from his holy dwelling.”