Zechariah 2 — parallel

2:1

And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, 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 unto the angel that spoke with me: ‘What are these?’ And he said unto me: ‘These are the horns which have scattered Judah, 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 showed me four craftsmen.

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

2:4

Then said I: ‘What come these to do?’ And he spoke, saying: ‘These—the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head—these then are come to frighten them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah 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 saw, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

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

2:6

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.’

“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 went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

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

2:8

and said unto him: ‘Run, speak to this young man, saying: ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein.

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

For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the 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.”