Zechariah 2:4 “and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a ci…”

Zechariah 2:4

and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

and said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.

American Standard Version

and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, by reason of the multitude of men and cattle therein.

Geneva Bible 1599

And saide vnto him, Runne, speake to this yong man, and say, Ierusalem shalbe inhabited without walles, for the multitude of men and cattell therein.

Darby Translation

and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein;

Young's Literal Translation

and he saith unto him, 'Run, speak unto this young man, saying: Unwalled villages inhabit doth Jerusalem, From the abundance of man and beast in her midst.

Bible in Basic English

Said to him, Go quickly and say to this young man, Jerusalem will be an unwalled town, because of the great number of men and cattle in her.

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Cross references

“young”

Jeremiah 1:6 Daniel 1:17 1 Timothy 4:12

Jeremiah 1:6 · BSB

“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”

Daniel 1:17 · BSB

To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.

1 Timothy 4:12 · BSB

Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

“Jerusalem”

Zechariah 1:17 Micah 7:11 Zechariah 12:6 Isaiah 44:26 Jeremiah 31:27 Isaiah 33:20

Zechariah 1:17 · BSB

Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”

Micah 7:11 · BSB

The day for rebuilding your walls will come— the day for extending your boundary.

Zechariah 12:6 · BSB

On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem r…

Isaiah 44:26 · BSB

who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’

Jeremiah 31:27 · BSB

“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.

Isaiah 33:20 · BSB

Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

Also

Jeremiah 33:22 Ezekiel 38:11 Isaiah 49:20

Jeremiah 33:22 · BSB

As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”

Ezekiel 38:11 · BSB

You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a quiet people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls or bars or gates—

Isaiah 49:20 · BSB

Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Then the angel who was speaking with me went forth, and another angel came forward to meet him

5For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”

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