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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 Smith's Literal Translation</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="../">SLT</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Smith's Literal Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/2-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Vision of the Measuring Line<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../ezekiel/40.htm">Ezekiel 40:1–4</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I shall lift up mine eyes and see, and behold, a man, and in his hand a cord of measure. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And saying, Whither goest thou? And he will say to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see according to what its breadth, and according to what its length. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And behold, the messenger speaking with me went forth, and another messenger went forth to meet him: <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And he will say to him, Run, speak to this youth, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited an open country from the multitude of men and cattle in the midst of her. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And I will be to her, says Jehovah, a wall of fire round about, and I will be for glory in the midst of her.<p> <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">The Redemption of Zion<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../hosea/3.htm">Hosea 3:1–5</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Alas! alas! and flee ye from the land of the north, says Jehovah: for as the four winds of the heavens I spread you abroad, says Jehovah. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Alas, O Zion, deliver thyself inhabiting the daughter of Babel. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For thus said Jehovah of armies: After glory he sent me to the nations spoiling you: for he touching upon you touched the gate of his eye. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For behold me waving my hand upon them, and they were a spoil to their servants: and ye knew that Jehovah of armies sent me. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Shout for joy and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for behold me coming, and I dwelt in the midst of thee, says Jehovah. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And many nations joined themselves to Jehovah in that day, and they were to me for a people: and I dwelt in the midst of thee, and thou knewest that Jehovah of armies sent me to thee. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Jehovah inherited Judah his portion upon the holy land, and he yet chose Jerusalem.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Be silent, all flesh, from the face of Jehovah: for he was raised from the habitation of his holiness.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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