I WILL LIVE AMONG YOU
Key verse: 10
NIV
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)”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1-13 is numbered 2:5-17.
- Zechariah 2:9 Or says after … eye: 9 “I … plunder them.”
Cross references
- Zechariah 2:2 : S Eze 40:3; S Zec 1:16; Rev 21:15
- Zechariah 2:4 : S Eze 38:11
- Zechariah 2:4 : S Isa 49:20; S Jer 30:19; S 33:22
- Zechariah 2:4 : Zec 14:11
- Zechariah 2:5 : S Isa 26:1; Eze 42:20
- Zechariah 2:5 : S Isa 10:17
- Zechariah 2:5 : S Ps 85:9; S Isa 11:10; S 24:23; Rev 21:23
- Zechariah 2:5 : S Ps 46:5; S Ps 125:2; S Eze 38:14
- Zechariah 2:6 : S Ps 44:11
- Zechariah 2:6 : S Eze 17:21; S 37:9
- Zechariah 2:6 : Mt 24:31; Mk 13:27
- Zechariah 2:7 : S Isa 42:7
- Zechariah 2:7 : S Isa 48:20; Jer 3:18
- Zechariah 2:8 : S Dt 32:10
- Zechariah 2:9 : S Isa 14:2; S Jer 12:14; S Hab 2:8
- Zechariah 2:9 : S Isa 48:16; Zec 4:9; 6:15
- Zechariah 2:10 : S Zep 3:14
- Zechariah 2:10 : S Isa 23:12; S Zep 3:14
- Zechariah 2:10 : Zec 9:9
- Zechariah 2:10 : S Ex 25:8; Lev 26:12; S Nu 23:21; Zec 8:3
- Zechariah 2:10 : S Rev 21:3
- Zechariah 2:11 : S Jer 24:7; S Mic 4:2; Zec 8:8, 20-22
- Zechariah 2:11 : Zec 4:9; 6:15
- Zechariah 2:12 : S Ex 34:9; Ps 33:12; Jer 10:16
- Zechariah 2:12 : Jer 40:5
- Zechariah 2:12 : S Dt 12:5; S Isa 14:1
- Zechariah 2:13 : S Ex 14:14; S Isa 41:1
- Zechariah 2:13 : S Dt 26:15
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ESV
A Vision of a Man with a Measuring Line
2 [a] And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, (A)a man with a measuring line in his hand! 2 Then I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, (B)“To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.” 3 And behold, (C)the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him 4 and said to him, “Run, say to that young man, (D)‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited (E)as villages without walls, because of (F)the multitude of people and livestock in it. 5 And I will be to her (G)a wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”
6 Up! Up! (H)Flee from the land of the north, declares the Lord. For I have (I)spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the Lord. 7 (J)Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. 8 For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me[b] to the nations who plundered you, (K)for he who touches you touches (L)the apple of his eye: 9 “Behold, (M)I will shake my hand over them, (N)and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then (O)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me. 10 (P)Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for (Q)behold, I come (R)and I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord. 11 (S)And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. (T)And I will dwell in your midst, and (U)you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. 12 (V)And the Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again (W)choose Jerusalem.”
13 Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Zechariah 2:1 Ch 2:5 in Hebrew
- Zechariah 2:8 Or he sent me after glory
Cross references
- Zechariah 2:1 : Ezek. 40:3; Rev. 11:1
- Zechariah 2:2 : [ch. 1:16]
- Zechariah 2:3 : ch. 1:9, 19
- Zechariah 2:4 : [ch. 12:6; 14:10, 11]
- Zechariah 2:4 : See Esth. 9:19
- Zechariah 2:4 : Isa. 49:19; Jer. 31:27
- Zechariah 2:5 : Isa. 4:5; [ch. 9:8; Ps. 125:2]
- Zechariah 2:6 : Isa. 48:20
- Zechariah 2:6 : [ch. 7:14; Ezek. 5:10; 17:21]
- Zechariah 2:7 : [Isa. 52:11]
- Zechariah 2:8 : Jer. 12:14
- Zechariah 2:8 : See Deut. 32:10
- Zechariah 2:9 : Isa. 11:15; 19:16
- Zechariah 2:9 : Ezek. 39:10
- Zechariah 2:9 : ch. 4:9; 6:15; Ezek. 33:33
- Zechariah 2:10 : See Zeph. 3:14
- Zechariah 2:10 : Ps. 40:7
- Zechariah 2:10 : ch. 8:3; Isa. 12:6; Ezek. 37:27; Zeph. 3:15; 2 Cor. 6:16; See Lev. 26:12
- Zechariah 2:11 : ch. 8:22; See Isa. 2:2
- Zechariah 2:11 : [See ver. 10 above]; ch. 8:3; Isa. 12:6; Ezek. 37:27; Zeph. 3:15; 2 Cor. 6:16; See Lev. 26:12
- Zechariah 2:11 : [See ver. 9 above]; ch. 4:9; 6:15; Ezek. 33:33
- Zechariah 2:12 : See Deut. 32:9
- Zechariah 2:12 : ch. 1:17; [Hab. 2:20]
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1. I myself will be a wall of fire around it (1-5)
This third vision of an angelic messenger with a measuring line taking the dimensions of a new Jerusalem contrasts with the city in Zechariah’s day: without walls or a temple for God to dwell in. God gives them hope: 'I myself will be the wall around it; its glory within.'
2. God’s vision for Jerusalem (6-13)
What matters to God was not walls and temples but his people. Whether in Babylon or Zion, he calls them 'Daughter,' and invites them to 'Come out!' They are the apple of his eye, precious to him. Their enemies would be plundered to rebuild Jerusalem (see Ezra 6:4, 8-1
). God is coming to dwell with his people and they would all see it in their generation. We also live in hope and vision of a coming messianic kingdom – one that is already and not yet – where God is dwelling with us by the Holy Spirit and where many nations are his people.
Prayer: Father, thank you for sharing your vision. Fill me with this hope as I await your coming.
One Word: The LORD Almighty will do it
