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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Zechariah 2 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/zechariah/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/zechariah/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Zechariah 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../zechariah/1.htm" title="Zechariah 1">◄</a> Zechariah 2 <a href="../zechariah/3.htm" title="Zechariah 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/zechariah/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">A Man With a Measuring Line</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I asked, “Where are you going?”</p><p class="reg">He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and said to him: “Run, tell that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of people and animals in it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the <span class="name">Lord</span>, ‘and I will be its glory within.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the <span class="name">Lord</span>, “for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,” declares the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Come, Zion! Escape, you who live in Daughter Babylon!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For this is what the <span class="name">Lord</span> 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— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or says after . . . eye: 9 ''I . . . plunder them.''">a</a></sup></span> Then you will know that the <span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty has sent me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Shout and be glad, Daughter Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you,” declares the <span class="name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Many nations will be joined with the <span class="name">Lord</span> in that day and will become my people. I will live among you and you will know that the <span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty has sent me to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Be still before the <span class="name">Lord</span>, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>says after . . . eye: <span class="fnref">9</span>“I . . . plunder them.”</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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