Zechariah 2
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1Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.1I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2“Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”2Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
3Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him3And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
4and 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.4And 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:
5For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’ ”5For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
6“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.6Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.
7“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”7Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
8For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—8For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
9I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.”9For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.
10“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
11“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will 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 be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
12And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.12And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
13Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”13Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
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