Zekaryah (Zechariah) 2:1–5 — The vision of Yerushalem expanded

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Zec 2:1–5

2:1 The vision of Yerushalem expanded

2 Then I looked up, and wow, I saw a man holding a measuring line[fn] 2 and I asked him, “Where are you going?”

“To measure Yerushalem (Jerusalem),” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”

3 Then to my surprise, the messenger who’d talked with me went away and another messenger went out to meet him 4 and told him, “Run and speak to that young man, saying: Yerushalem won’t need city walls because there’ll be so many people and animals within it. 5 Yahweh declares that he’ll become a wall of fire around it and will become the splendour in the middle of it.

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5 [fn] And_I _lifted _up eyes _of_my and_I _saw and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE a _man and_was_in_hand _of_his a _cord _of measurement.

6 [fn] And_I _said where are_you going and_he/it _said to_me to_measure DOM Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) to_see how_much breadth _of_is_its and_how_much length _of_is_its.

7 [fn] And_BEHOLD/LO/SEE the_messenger who_was_speaking with_me was_going _out and_an _messenger another was_going _out to_meet_him.

8 [fn] And_he/it _said to_him[fn][fn] run speak to the _young_man this to_say unwalled _villages Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) it _will _remain from_the_multitude _of person[s] and_livestock in_the _midst _of_of _it.

9 [fn] And_I I _will _be to_it the _utterance _of YHWH a _wall _of fire all _around and_(into)_glory I _will _become in_the _middle _of_of _it.

2:5 Note: KJB: Zech.2.1

2:6 Note: KJB: Zech.2.2

2:7 Note: KJB: Zech.2.3

2:8 Note: KJB: Zech.2.4

2:8 OSHB note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

2:8 OSHB note: We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.

2:9 Note: KJB: Zech.2.5

2:1 The modern equivalent would be a tape measure.

OET-RV by cross-referenced section ZEC 2:1

The vision of Yerushalem expanded

Zec 2:1–5