Zechariah 2:6-13 - The Exiles Are Called Home

⁶ "You there! Flee from the northland!" says the Lord, "for like the four winds of heaven I have scattered you," says the Lord. ⁷ "Escape, Zion, you who live among the Babylonians!" ⁸ For the Lord who rules over all says to me that for his own glory he has sent me to the nations that plundered you -- for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of his eye. ⁹ "I am about to punish them in such a way," he says, "that they will be looted by their own slaves." Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me.

¹⁰ "Sing out and be happy, Zion my daughter! For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst," says the Lord. ¹¹ "Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on the day of salvation, and they will also be my people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all." Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you. ¹² The Lord will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again. ¹³ Be silent in the Lord's presence, all people everywhere, for he is being moved to action in his holy dwelling place.