Zechariah 2:1-5

New American Standard Bible

God’s Favor to Zion

2 ^[a]Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a ^(A)measuring line in his hand. ² So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To ^(B)measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is.” ³ And behold, the ^(C)angel who had been speaking with me was going out, and another angel was going out to meet him. ⁴ And he said to him, “Run, speak to that ^(D)young man there, saying, ‘^(E)Jerusalem will be inhabited ^(F)as open country because of the ^(G)multitude of people and cattle within it. ⁵ But I,’ declares the Lord, ‘will be a ^(H)wall of fire to her on all sides, and I will be the ^(I)glory in her midst.’”