New Century Version

Zechariah 2:5-12 New Century Version (NCV)

5. I will be a wall of fire around it,’ says the Lord. ‘And I will be the glory within it.’

6. “Oh no! Oh no! Run away from Babylon, because I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” says the Lord.

7. “Oh no, Jerusalem! Escape, you who live right in Babylon.”

8. This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “After he has honored me and sent me against the nations who took your possessions—because whoever touches you hurts what is precious to me—

9. I will shake my hand against them so that their slaves will rob them.”Then you will know that the Lord All-Powerful sent me.

10. “Shout and be glad, Jerusalem. I am coming, and I will live among you,” says the Lord.

11. “At that time people from many nations will join with the Lord and will become my people. Then I will live among you, and you will know that the Lord All-Powerful has sent me to you.

12. The Lord will take Judah as his own part of the holy land, and Jerusalem will be his chosen city again.