Zechariah 2

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw, and behold, a man, and in his hand was a measuring line.	1 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
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.”	2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
3 And behold, the angel, who had been speaking with me, departed, and another angel went out to meet him.	3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
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.	4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
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.	5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
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.	6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.
7 O Zion, flee, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.	7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
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.	8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
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.	9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.
10 Sing praise and rejoice, daughter of Zion. For behold, I approach, and I will dwell in your midst, says the Lord.	10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
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.	11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
12 And the Lord will possess his portion, Judah, in the sanctified land, and still he will single out Jerusalem.	12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
13 Let all flesh be silent before the face of the Lord: for he has arisen from his holy dwelling place.	13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.