Zechariah 2
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1I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. 1And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand!
2I asked, "Where are you going?" He answered me, "To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length." 2Then I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”
3Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him. 3And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him
4He said to him, "Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and livestock in it."4and said to him, “Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of people and livestock in it.
5The declaration of the LORD: "I will be a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory within it."" 5And I will be to her a wall of fire all around, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”
6Get up! Leave the land of the north"--this is the LORD's declaration--"for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven"--this is the LORD's declaration. "6Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north, declares the LORD. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the LORD.
7Go, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon." 7Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
8For the LORD of Hosts says this: "He has sent Me for His glory against the nations who are plundering you, for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of His eye. 8For thus said the LORD of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye:
9I will move against them with My power, and they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me." 9“Behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me.
10Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you"--this is the LORD's declaration. "10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD.
11Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day and become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. 11And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
12The LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.12And the LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.”
13Let all people be silent before the LORD, for He is coming from His holy dwelling." 13Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.
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