Zechariah

I looked up, and I saw four horns.afour horns These correspond to the four winds of v. 10.

I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are those?” “Those,” he replied, “are the horns that tossed Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

Then GOD showed me four smiths.

“What are they coming to do?” I asked. The angelbThe angel Heb. “he.” replied: “Those are the horns that tossed Judah, so that nobody could raise their head; and these [smiths] have come to throw them into a panic,cto throw them into a panic Meaning of Heb. uncertain; emendation yields “to sharpen ax heads.” to hew downdhew down Meaning of Heb. uncertain. the horns of the nations that raise a horn against the land of Judah, to toss it.”

I looked up, and I saw a figure holding a measuring line.

“Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “to see how long and wide it is to be.”

But the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him.

The former said to him, “Run to that agentethat agent I.e., the measurer or the prophet; intended reference uncertain. and tell him:“Jerusalem shall be peopled as a city without walls, so many shall be the people and cattle it contains.

And I Myself—declares GOD—will be a wall of fire all around it, and I will be a glory inside it.

“Away, away! Flee from the land of the north—says GOD—though I swept you [there] like the four winds of heaven—declares GOD.”

Away, escape, O Zion, you who dwell in Fair Babylon!

For thus said GOD of Hosts—who sent me after gloryfwho sent me after glory Emendation yields “whose Presence sent me.”—concerning the nations that have taken you as spoil: “Whoever touches you touches the pupil of their owngtheir own According to ancient Jewish tradition, a scribal change for “My.” eye.

For I will lift My hand against them, and they shall be spoil for those they enslaved.”—Then you shall know that I was sent by GOD of Hosts.

Shout for joy, Fair Zion! For lo, I come; and I will dwell in your midst—declares GOD.

In that day many nations will attach themselves to GOD and become God’shGod’s Heb. “My.” people, and GodiGod Heb. “I.” will dwell in your midst. Then you will know that I was sent to you by GOD of Hosts.

GOD will claim Judah as a special portionjclaim Judah as a special portion Emendation yields “allot to Judah its portion”; cf. Num. 34.17. in the Holy Land—and will choose Jerusalem once more.

Be silent, all flesh, before GOD!For [God] is roused from the holy habitation.