Zechariah

Second Vision: The Four Horns and the Four Smiths

 I looked up and saw four horns.

I asked the angel who was speaking to me what they were, and he replied: 

“These horns are the nations that scattered Judah and Jerusalem.” 

The Lord then showed me four blacksmiths, and I asked: 

“What are they coming to do?”

He answered: 

“Here are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one dared lift his head. But these blacksmiths have come to strike down the power of the nations that scattered the people of Judah.”

Raising my eyes again, I saw a man holding a measuring line in his hand. I asked: 

“Where are you going?” 

He replied: 

“I’m going to measure Jerusalem, to find its width and its length.” 

As the angel who spoke to me stepped forward, another angel met him 

and said: 

“Run and tell this to that young man: 

‘Jerusalem will remain unwalled 

because of its many people 

and livestock.’ 

For this is the word of the Lord: 

I, myself, will be around her 

like a wall of fire, 

and also within her, in glory.”

“Come, come! 

Flee from the land of the north,” 

says the Lord, to all those 

whom he scattered 

to the four winds of heaven. 

“Come, escape, O Zion, 

you who dwell in Babylon.” 

For thus the Lord Sabaoth declares, 

after his glory sent me 

to condemn the nations 

that have plundered you: 

“Whoever touches you 

touches the apple of my eye. 

Look, I will raise my hand 

against those nations, 

and they will be plundered 

by their slaves.” 

Thus, you will know 

that the Lord Sabaoth has sent me.

“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, 

for I am about to come, 

I shall dwell among you,” 

says the Lord.

“On that day, many nations 

will join the Lord 

and become my people, 

but my dwelling will be among you.” 

The people of Judah 

will be for the Lord 

as his portion in his holy land. 

He will choose Jerusalem once again. 

 Remain silent in the Lord’s presence, 

for he is coming, 

having risen from his holy dwelling.