Chiasm
Zechariah 2:1–13
Zechariah 2:1–133 matched frames
Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.
- A 1 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
- B 2 And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
- A' 3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
- B' 4-5 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: For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
- B 2 And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
- A 6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD:
- A 8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts;
- A' 9 and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.
- A 10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion:
- A' 12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
- 13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.