Moff ZEC Chapter 2

2 I raised my eyes and looked-- there was a man with a measuring line in his hand!

2 I asked him where he was going, and he answered, “To measure Jerusalem, to see how broad it must be and how long.”

3 The angel who was talking to me stood still, but another angel came forward

4 and said to him, “Run and tell that young man, Jerusalem shall lie open, like villages unwalled, so numerous its citizens and cattle are to be.

5 For I, the Eternal declares, I will be a wall of fire all round her and, for splendour, I will be within her.

Up, up, flee from the land of the north,

for I will gather you from the four winds of heaven--

the Eternal promises;

away with you, escape to Sion,

you who are in Babylon!

As for the nations who have plundered you,

the Lord of hosts declares

(for he who touches you

touches the apple of the Eternal’s eye),

I will swing my hand over them,

and they shall be plundered by their victims.”

(So shall you know the Lord of hosts has sent me

to proclaim his glory.) 10 “Sing and rejoice, O maiden Sion,

for I am coming, the Eternal promises,

I will dwell among you.” 11 Many a nation then shall join the Eternal

and become his people,

as he dwells among you.

(So shall you know the Lord of hosts

has sent me to you.)

The Eternal shall take Judah for his very own

within the sacred land,

once more shall he delight in Jerusalem.

Hush, mortal men, in presence of the Eternal,

for he moves from his abode in heaven!