Zechariah 2

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 I raised my eyes and looked; there were four horns.	1 And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand!
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 Then I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length."
3 Then the LORD showed me four blacksmiths. And I asked, "What are these coming to do?"	3 And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward 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 said to him, "Run, say to that young man, 'Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and cattle in it.
5 Again I raised my eyes and looked: there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.	5 For I will be to her a wall of fire round about, says the LORD, and I will be the glory within her.'"
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 Ho! ho! Flee from the land of the north, says the LORD; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, says the LORD.
7 Then the angel who spoke with me advanced, and another angel came out to meet him,	7 Ho! Escape to Zion, 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 said the LORD of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his 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 "Behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then 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 and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for lo, I come and I will dwell in the midst of you, says the LORD.
11 Up, escape to Zion! you who dwell in daughter Babylon.	11 And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall 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 inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose 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 Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.
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.