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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 American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch45002" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn45002" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">Second Vision: The Four Horns and the Four Smiths.</span> <span id="v45002001" class="ver">1</span>I raised my eyes and looked and there were four horns.<a id="rfn45002001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45002001-1">*</a> <span id="v45002002" class="ver">2</span>Then I asked the angel who spoke with me, “What are those?” He answered, “Those are the horns that scattered<a id="rfn45002002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45002002-1">*</a> Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”<a id="ren45002002-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45002002-a">a</a></p> <p><span id="v45002003" class="ver">3</span>Then the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> showed me four workmen.<a id="rfn45002003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45002003-1">*</a> <span id="v45002004" class="ver">4</span>And I said, “What are these coming to do?” And the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> said, “Those are the horns that scattered Judah, so that none could raise their heads any more;<a id="ren45002004-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45002004-b">b</a> and these have come to terrify them—to cut down the horns of the nations that raised their horns to scatter the land of Judah.”</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Third Vision: The Man with the Measuring Cord.</span> <span id="v45002005" class="ver">5</span>I raised my eyes and looked, and there was a man with a measuring cord<a id="rfn45002005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45002005-1">*</a> in his hand.<a id="ren45002005-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45002005-c">c</a> <span id="v45002006" class="ver">6</span>I asked, “Where are you going?” And he said, “To measure Jerusalem—to see how great its width is and how great its length.”</p> <p><span id="v45002007" class="ver">7</span>Then the angel who spoke with me advanced as another angel came out to meet him <span id="v45002008" class="ver">8</span>and he said to the latter, “Run, speak to that official:<a id="rfn45002008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45002008-1">*</a> Jerusalem will be unwalled, because of the abundance of people and beasts in its midst.<a id="ren45002008-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45002008-d">d</a> <span id="v45002009" class="ver">9</span>I will be an encircling wall of fire<a id="rfn45002009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45002009-1">*</a> for it—oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>—and I will be the glory in its midst.”<a id="ren45002009-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45002009-e">e</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Expansion on the Themes of the First Three Visions.</span> <span id="v45002010" class="ver">10</span>Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north<a id="rfn45002010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45002010-1">*</a>—oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>;—For like the four winds of heaven I have dispersed you—oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.<a id="ren45002010-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45002010-f">f</a> <span id="v45002011" class="ver">11</span>Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell in daughter Babylon! <span id="v45002012" class="ver">12</span>For thus says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts after the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s glory had sent me, concerning the nations that have plundered you: Whoever strikes you strikes me directly in the eye.<a id="ren45002012-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45002012-g">g</a> <span id="v45002013" class="ver">13</span>Now I wave my hand over them, and they become plunder for their own servants.<a id="ren45002013-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45002013-h">h</a> Thus you shall know that the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts has sent me. <span id="v45002014" class="ver">14</span>Sing and rejoice, daughter Zion! Now, I am coming to dwell in your midst—oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>. <span id="v45002015" class="ver">15</span>Many nations will bind themselves to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> on that day.<a id="ren45002015-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45002015-i">i</a> They will be my people,<a id="rfn45002015-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45002015-1">*</a> and I will dwell in your midst. Then you shall know that the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts has sent me to you. <span id="v45002016" class="ver">16</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will inherit Judah<a id="ren45002016-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45002016-j">j</a> as his portion of the holy land,<a id="rfn45002016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45002016-1">*</a> and the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will again choose Jerusalem. <span id="v45002017" class="ver">17</span>Silence, all people, in the presence of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, who stirs forth from his holy dwelling.<a id="ren45002017-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45002017-k">k</a></p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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