16Therefore thus says Yahweh: |I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in it,| says Yahweh of Armies, |and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.|'


In Context

13 Yahweh answered the angel who talked with me with kind and comforting words.

14 So the angel who talked with me said to me, |Proclaim, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies: |I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

15 I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity.|

16 Therefore thus says Yahweh: |I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in it,| says Yahweh of Armies, |and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.|'

17 |Proclaim further, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies: |My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and Yahweh will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem.|'|

18 I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four horns.

Zechariah 1:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:16"Therefore, this is what the Lord says: 'I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem,' declares the Lord Almighty.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Therefore thus saith the Lord: I will return to Jerusalem in mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts: and the building line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Therefore thus saith Jehovah: I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies; my house shall be built in it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16Therefore thus saith Jehovah: I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and the line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Therefore thus saith the LORD: I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies; my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16Therefore thus saith the LORD; I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16Therefore, thus said Jehovah: I have turned to Jerusalem with mercies, My house is built in it, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And a line is stretched over Jerusalem.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Therefore thus said the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, said the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth on Jerusalem.