| 2:1 | I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. |
| 2:2 | I asked him, "Where are you going?" He answered, "I am going to measure Jerusalem to see how wide and how long it is." |
| 2:3 | Then the angel who was speaking with me left. Another angel came out to meet him |
| 2:4 | and said to him, "Run, and say to that young man, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited like an unwalled village because it will have so many people and animals in it. |
| 2:5 | I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD. I will be the glory within it.' |
| 2:6 | "Hurry, hurry! Flee from the land of the north, declares the LORD. I've scattered you to the four winds of heaven. |
| 2:7 | Hurry, Zion! Escape, you inhabitants of Babylon! |
| 2:8 | This is what the LORD of Armies says: Afterwards, the Glory sent me to the nations who looted you. Whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye. |
| 2:9 | I'm going to shake my fist at the nations, and their own slaves will loot them. Then you will know that the LORD of Armies has sent me. |
| 2:10 | Sing for joy and rejoice, people of Zion. I'm going to come and live among you, declares the LORD. |
| 2:11 | On that day many nations will join the LORD and become my people. I will live among you. Then you will know that the LORD of Armies has sent me to you. |
| 2:12 | The LORD will claim Judah as his own in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem. |
| 2:13 | "Everyone be silent in the presence of the LORD. He is waking up and setting out from his holy dwelling place." |
Zakharia 2 - God's Word Translation
