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Zechariah 2
New International Version

### A Man With a Measuring Line

2 [a]Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 I asked, “Where are you going?”

He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.”(A)

3 While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him 4 and said to him: “Run, tell that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls(B) because of the great number(C) of people and animals in it.(D) 5 And I myself will be a wall(E) of fire(F) around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory(G) within.’(H)

6 “Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered(I) you to the four winds of heaven,”(J) declares the Lord.(K)

7 “Come, Zion! Escape,(L) you who live in Daughter Babylon!”(M) 8 For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye(N)— 9 I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.[b](O) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.(P)

10 “Shout(Q) and be glad, Daughter Zion.(R) For I am coming,(S) and I will live among you,”(T) declares the Lord.(U) 11 “Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people.(V) I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.(W) 12 The Lord will inherit(X) Judah(Y) as his portion in the holy land and will again choose(Z) Jerusalem. 13 Be still(AA) before the Lord, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.(AB)”

#### Footnotes

1. Zechariah 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1-13 is numbered 2:5-17.
2. Zechariah 2:9 Or says after … eye: 9 “I … plunder them.”

#### Cross references

1. Zechariah 2:2 : S Eze 40:3; S Zec 1:16; Rev 21:15
2. Zechariah 2:4 : S Eze 38:11
3. Zechariah 2:4 : S Isa 49:20; S Jer 30:19; S 33:22
4. Zechariah 2:4 : Zec 14:11
5. Zechariah 2:5 : S Isa 26:1; Eze 42:20
6. Zechariah 2:5 : S Isa 10:17
7. Zechariah 2:5 : S Ps 85:9; S Isa 11:10; S 24:23; Rev 21:23
8. Zechariah 2:5 : S Ps 46:5; S Ps 125:2; S Eze 38:14
9. Zechariah 2:6 : S Ps 44:11
10. Zechariah 2:6 : S Eze 17:21; S 37:9
11. Zechariah 2:6 : Mt 24:31; Mk 13:27
12. Zechariah 2:7 : S Isa 42:7
13. Zechariah 2:7 : S Isa 48:20; Jer 3:18
14. Zechariah 2:8 : S Dt 32:10
15. Zechariah 2:9 : S Isa 14:2; S Jer 12:14; S Hab 2:8
16. Zechariah 2:9 : S Isa 48:16; Zec 4:9; 6:15
17. Zechariah 2:10 : S Zep 3:14
18. Zechariah 2:10 : S Isa 23:12; S Zep 3:14
19. Zechariah 2:10 : Zec 9:9
20. Zechariah 2:10 : S Ex 25:8; Lev 26:12; S Nu 23:21; Zec 8:3
21. Zechariah 2:10 : S Rev 21:3
22. Zechariah 2:11 : S Jer 24:7; S Mic 4:2; Zec 8:8, 20-22
23. Zechariah 2:11 : Zec 4:9; 6:15
24. Zechariah 2:12 : S Ex 34:9; Ps 33:12; Jer 10:16
25. Zechariah 2:12 : Jer 40:5
26. Zechariah 2:12 : S Dt 12:5; S Isa 14:1
27. Zechariah 2:13 : S Ex 14:14; S Isa 41:1
28. Zechariah 2:13 : S Dt 26:15

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