Old Testament · Zechariah

Zechariah 2

The Vision of the Horns and the Craftsmen

1And I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, four horns. 2And I said to the angel that spoke with me, What are these? And he said to me, These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

3And the LORD showed me four craftsmen.

4And I said, What are these coming to do? And he spoke, saying, These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no man^a lifted up his head; and these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations that lifted up a horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.

The Vision of the Measuring Line

(Ezekiel 40:1–4)

5And I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

6And I said, Where are you going? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length.

7And behold, the angel that spoke with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, 8and said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall dwell as unwalled villages, because of the multitude of man^b and beast in its midst. 9And I, declares the LORD, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and I will be for glory in her midst.

The Redemption of Zion

(Hosea 3:1–5)

10Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, declares the LORD; for as the four winds^c of the heavens I have spread you abroad, declares the LORD. 11Ho, Zion, escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.

12For thus says the LORD of hosts^d: After glory he has sent me to the nations that plunder you; for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye. 13For behold, I will wave my hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those that served them; and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me.

14Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for behold, I come, and I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD. 15And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. 16And the LORD shall inherit Judah as his portion upon the holy ground^e, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. 17Be silent, all flesh^f, before the LORD; for he is roused up from the habitation of his holiness.