Zechariah 2-3

New International Version

A Man With a Measuring Line

2 ^[a]Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand. ² I asked, “Where are you going?”

He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.”^(A)

³ While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him ⁴ and said to him: “Run, tell that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls^(B) because of the great number^(C) of people and animals in it.^{(D) 5} And I myself will be a wall^(E) of fire^(F) around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory^(G) within.’^(H)

⁶ “Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered^(I) you to the four winds of heaven,”^(J) declares the Lord.^(K)

⁷ “Come, Zion! Escape,^(L) you who live in Daughter Babylon!”^{(M) 8} For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye^(N)— ⁹ I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.^[b](O) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.^(P)

¹⁰ “Shout^(Q) and be glad, Daughter Zion.^(R) For I am coming,^(S) and I will live among you,”^(T) declares the Lord.^{(U) 11} “Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people.^(V) I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.^{(W) 12} The Lord will inherit^(X) Judah^(Y) as his portion in the holy land and will again choose^(Z) Jerusalem. ¹³ Be still^(AA) before the Lord, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.^(AB)”

Clean Garments for the High Priest

3 Then he showed me Joshua^(AC) the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan^[c](AD) standing at his right side to accuse him. ² The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you,^(AE) Satan! The Lord, who has chosen^(AF) Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick^(AG) snatched from the fire?”^(AH)

³ Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. ⁴ The angel said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.”

Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have taken away your sin,^(AI) and I will put fine garments^(AJ) on you.”

⁵ Then I said, “Put a clean turban^(AK) on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the Lord stood by.

⁶ The angel of the Lord gave this charge to Joshua: ⁷ “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements,^(AL) then you will govern my house^(AM) and have charge^(AN) of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.^(AO)

⁸ “‘Listen, High Priest^(AP) Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic^(AQ) of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.^{(AR) 9} See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua!^(AS) There are seven eyes^[d](AT) on that one stone,^(AU) and I will engrave an inscription on it,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin^(AV) of this land in a single day.

¹⁰ “‘In that day each of you will invite your neighbor to sit^(AW) under your vine and fig tree,^(AX)’ declares the Lord Almighty.”