Zechariah 2 — parallel

2:1

And I lifted up mine eyes and looked, and behold four horns.

Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

2:2

And I said to the angel that spoke with me, What are these things, [my] lord? And he said to me, These are the horns that have scattered Juda, and Israel, and Jerusalem.

“Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”

2:3

And the Lord shewed me four artificers.

Then the angel who was speaking with me went forth, and another angel came forward to meet him

2:4

And I said, What are these coming to do? And he said, These are the horns that scattered Juda, and they broke Israel in pieces, and none of them lifted up his head: and these are come forth to sharpen them for their hands, [even] the four horns, the nations that lifted up the horn against the land of the Lord to scatter it.

and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.

2:5

And I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man, and in his hand a measuring line.

For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”

2:6

And I said to him, Whither goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it.

“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.

2:7

And, behold, the angel that spoke with me stood [by], and another angel went forth to meet him,

“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”

2:8

and spoke to him, saying, Run and speak to that young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be fully inhabited by reason of the abundance of men and cattle in the midst of her.

For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches of His eye—

2:9

And I will be to her, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about, and I will be for a glory in the midst of her.

I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.”