2:1 When I looked around me again, I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 2 , Verse 1 , When I looked around me again, I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2:2 'Where are you going?' I asked. He replied, 'I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.'
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 2 , Verse 2 , 'Where are you going?' I asked. He replied, 'I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.'
2:3 Then the angel who was with me went to meet a second angel who was coming toward him.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 2 , Verse 3 , Then the angel who was with me went to meet a second angel who was coming toward him.
2:4 The other angel said, 'Hurry, and say to that young man, `Jerusalem will someday be so full of people that it won't have room enough for everyone! Many will live outside the city walls, with all their livestock--and yet they will be safe.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 2 , Verse 4 , The other angel said, 'Hurry, and say to that young man, `Jerusalem will someday be so full of people that it won't have room enough for everyone! Many will live outside the city walls, with all their livestock--and yet they will be safe.
2:5 For I, myself, will be a wall of fire around Jerusalem, says the LORD. And I will be the glory inside the city!' '
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 2 , Verse 5 , For I, myself, will be a wall of fire around Jerusalem, says the LORD. And I will be the glory inside the city!' '
2:6 The LORD says, 'Come away! Flee from the north, for I have scattered you to the four winds.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 2 , Verse 6 , The LORD says, 'Come away! Flee from the north, for I have scattered you to the four winds.
2:7 Come away! Escape to Jerusalem, you who are exiled in Babylon!'
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 2 , Verse 7 , Come away! Escape to Jerusalem, you who are exiled in Babylon!'
2:8 'After a period of glory, the LORD Almighty sent me against the nations who oppressed you. For he said, `Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 2 , Verse 8 , 'After a period of glory, the LORD Almighty sent me against the nations who oppressed you. For he said, `Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession.
2:9 I will raise my fist to crush them, and their own slaves will plunder them.' Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me.'
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 2 , Verse 9 , I will raise my fist to crush them, and their own slaves will plunder them.' Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me.'
2:10 The LORD says, 'Shout and rejoice, O Jerusalem, for I am coming to live among you.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 2 , Verse 10 , The LORD says, 'Shout and rejoice, O Jerusalem, for I am coming to live among you.
2:11 Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the LORD Almighty sent me to you.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 2 , Verse 11 , Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the LORD Almighty sent me to you.
2:12 The land of Judah will be the LORD's inheritance in the holy land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem to be his own city.
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 2 , Verse 12 , The land of Judah will be the LORD's inheritance in the holy land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem to be his own city.
2:13 Be silent before the LORD, all humanity, for he is springing into action from his holy dwelling.'
The NLT Book of Zechariah , Chapter 2 , Verse 13 , Be silent before the LORD, all humanity, for he is springing into action from his holy dwelling.'
