{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/zechariah/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T18:01:12.143Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Zechariah","bookSlug":"zechariah","chapter":2,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, by reason of the multitude of men and cattle therein."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Ho Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For thus saith the LORD of hosts: After glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For, behold, I will shake mine hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those that served them: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And the LORD shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD: for he is waked up out of his holy habitation."}],"citation":{"inline":"Zechariah 2 (ERV)","markdown":"[Zechariah 2](https://primebible.com/erv/zechariah/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/zechariah/2 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}