Zechariah 2

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 I raised my eyes and looked; there were four horns.	1 And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw, and behold, a man, and in his hand was a measuring line.
2 Then I asked the angel who spoke with me what these were. He answered me, "These are the horns that scattered Judah and Israeland Jerusalem."	2 And I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, so that I may see how great its width and how great its length may be.”
3 Then the LORD showed me four blacksmiths. And I asked, "What are these coming to do?"	3 And behold, the angel, who had been speaking with me, departed, and another angel went out to meet him.
4 And he said, "Here are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no man raised his head any more; but these have come to terrify them: to cast down the horns of the nations that raised their horns to scatter the land of Judah."	4 And he said to him: Hurry, speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls, because of the multitude of men and beasts of burden in its midst.
5 Again I raised my eyes and looked: there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.	5 And I will be to it, says the Lord, a wall of fire all around. And in glory, I will be in its midst.
6 "Where are you going?" I asked. "To measure Jerusalem," he answered; "to see how great is its width and how great its length."	6 O, O flee from the land of the North, says the Lord, for I have scattered you into the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.
7 Then the angel who spoke with me advanced, and another angel came out to meet him,	7 O Zion, flee, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
8 and said to him, "Run, tell this to that young man: People will live in Jerusalem as though in open country, because of the multitude of men and beasts in her midst.	8 For thus says the Lord of hosts: After the glory, he has sent me to the Gentiles, which have despoiled you. For he who touches you, touches the pupil of my eye.
9 But I will be for her an encircling wall of fire, says the LORD, and I will be the glory in her midst."	9 For behold, I lift up my hand over them, and they will be a prey to those who had served them. And you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.
10 Up, up! Flee from the land of the north, says the LORD; for I scatter you to the four winds of heaven, says the LORD.	10 Sing praise and rejoice, daughter of Zion. For behold, I approach, and I will dwell in your midst, says the Lord.
11 Up, escape to Zion! you who dwell in daughter Babylon.	11 And many nations will be joined to the Lord in that day, and they will be my people, and I will dwell in your midst. And you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
12 For thus said the LORD of hosts (after he had already sent me) concerning the nations that have plundered you: Whoever touches you touches the apple of my eye.	12 And the Lord will possess his portion, Judah, in the sanctified land, and still he will single out Jerusalem.
13 See, I wave my hand over them; they become plunder for their slaves. Thus you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me.	13 Let all flesh be silent before the face of the Lord: for he has arisen from his holy dwelling place.
14 Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion! See, I am coming to dwell among you, says the LORD.
15 Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they shall be his people, and he will dwell among you, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
16 The LORD will possess Judah as his portion of the holy land, and he will again choose Jerusalem.
17 Silence, all mankind, in the presence of the LORD! for he stirs forth from his holy dwelling.