{"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/web/zechariah/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T19:20:35.843Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Zechariah","bookSlug":"zechariah","chapter":2,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Then I asked, |Where are you going?| He said to me, |To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length.|"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Behold, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"and said to him, |Run, speak to this young man, saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For I,' says Yahweh, 'will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the midst of her."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,' says Yahweh; 'for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,' says Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"'Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.'"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For thus says Yahweh of Armies: 'For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they will be a spoil to those who served them; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you,' says Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Yahweh will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Zechariah 2 (WEB)","markdown":"[Zechariah 2](https://primebible.com/web/zechariah/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/zechariah/2 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}