Zaccaria 2

1Next I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2I said, “Where are you going?” So he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to determine its width and length.” 3Then the angel who had talked with me went away and another angel went out to meet him. 4The second angel said to him, “Run and speak to that young man; say, 5For I—this is Yahweh's declaration—will become for her a wall of fire around her, 6Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north—this is Yahweh's declaration— 7Up! Escape to Zion, you who live with the daughter of Babylon!'” 8For after Yahweh of hosts honored me and sent me against the nations that plundered you— 9“I myself will shake my hand over them, and they will be plunder for their slaves.” 10“Sing for joy, daughter of Zion, 11Then great nations will join themselves to Yahweh in that day. He says, “Then you will become my people; 12For Yahweh will inherit Judah as his rightful possession in the holy land