The Tanakh · JPS 1917 Translation

Zechariah 2

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Nevi'im — the Prophets

Zechariah chapter 2 — part of the Nevi'im — the Prophets in the Jewish Bible. In the classic JPS 1917 translation it opens: “And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.” — the complete text of all 17 verses is below, free to read online.

1And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.

2And I said unto the angel that spoke with me: 'What are these?' And he said unto me: 'These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.'

3And HaShem showed me four craftsmen.

4Then said I: 'What come these to do?' And he spoke, saying: 'These--the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head--these then are come to frighten them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.'

5And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

6Then said I: 'Whither goest thou?' And he said unto me: 'To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.'

7And, behold, the angel that spoke with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

8and said unto him: 'Run, speak to this young man, saying: 'Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein.

9For I, saith HaShem, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

10Ho, ho, flee then from the land of the north, saith HaShem; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith HaShem.

11Ho, Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.'

12For thus saith HaShem of hosts who sent me after glory unto the nations which spoiled you: 'Surely, he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

13For, behold, I will shake My hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those that served them'; and ye shall know that HaShem of hosts hath sent me.

14'Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith HaShem.

15And many nations shall join themselves to HaShem in that day, and shall be My people, and I will dwell in the midst of thee'; and thou shalt know that HaShem of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

16And HaShem shall inherit Judah as His portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

17Be silent, all flesh, before HaShem; for He is aroused out of His holy habitation.

17 verses · JPS 1917 (public domain)

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