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Zechariah 2

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.”

Common English Bible CEB

1 Then I looked up and saw a man. In his hand was a measuring line.

2 I said, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "To measure Jerusalem to see how wide and long it will be."

3 As I watched, the messenger speaking with me went ahead and another messenger came to meet him.

4 He said to him, "Run! Say to this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited like open fields because of the throngs of people and cattle inside it.

5 But I will be a wall of fire around it, says the LORD, and I will be glorious inside it.

6 Look out; look out! Flee from the land of the north, says the LORD, for I will scatter you like the four winds of heaven, says the LORD.

7 Look out, Zion. Flee, you who dwell with Daughter Babylon!

8 The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims (after his glory sent me) concerning the nations plundering you: Those who strike you strike the pupil of my eye.

9 But look, I am about to raise my hand against them; they will become prey to their own slaves, so you will know that the LORD of heavenly forces sent me.

10 Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Zion, because I am about to come and dwell among you, says the LORD.

11 Many nations will be joined to the LORD on that day. They will become my people, and I will dwell among you so you will know that the LORD of heavenly forces sent me to you."

12 The LORD will possess Judah as his inheritance upon the holy land; he will again choose Jerusalem.

13 Be silent, everyone, in the LORD's presence, because he has moved from his holy habitation!