Zechariah 2:6-13

English Standard Version

⁶Up! Up! ^(A)Flee from the land of the north, declares the Lord. For I have ^(B)spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the Lord. ⁷^(C)Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. ⁸For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me^[a] to the nations who plundered you, ^(D)for he who touches you touches ^(E)the apple of his eye: ⁹“Behold, ^(F)I will shake my hand over them, ^(G)and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then ^(H)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me. ¹⁰^(I)Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for ^(J)behold, I come ^(K)and I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord. ¹¹^(L)And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. ^(M)And I will dwell in your midst, and ^(N)you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. ¹²^(O)And the Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again ^(P)choose Jerusalem.”