Old Testament · Prophets

Zechariah chapter 2

I looked up again, and there was a man with a in his hand.I said, “Where are you going?” He said, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide she is and how long.”Then the messenger who was talking with me stepped forward, and another messenger came out to meet himand said to him, “Run and tell : Jerusalem will be lived in , because of the crowds of people and animals inside her.”“And I myself will be around her, declares Yahweh, and I will be inside her.”Hey! Hey! Get out of , declares Yahweh, because I scattered you to the four winds of the sky, declares Yahweh.Hey, Zion! Get yourself out, you who are living with .For this is what Yahweh who commands armies says. to the nations who stripped you bare, because whoever touches you is touching .Watch me against them, and they will end up as plunder for the slaves they once owned. Then you will know that Yahweh who commands armies sent me.Sing, daughter of Zion, and be glad, because I am on my way, and I will , declares Yahweh.Many nations will to Yahweh on that day and become my people, and I will live among you, and you will know that Yahweh who commands armies is the one who sent me to you.Yahweh will take Judah as , there on , and he will choose Jerusalem again.Hush, , in front of Yahweh, because and come out of the place he lives, the place kept for him alone.