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| 1Then I looked up, and there before me was 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 find out how wide and how long it is." | 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.” |
| 3While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him | 3And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him |
| 4and said to him: "Run, tell that young man, 'Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of people and animals 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. |
| 5And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,' declares the LORD, 'and I will be its glory within.' | 5And I will be to her a wall of fire all around, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory in her midst.’” |
| 6"Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north," declares the LORD, "for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven," declares the LORD. | 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. |
| 7"Come, Zion! Escape, you who live in Daughter Babylon!" | 7Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. |
| 8For this is what the LORD Almighty says: "After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you--for whoever touches you touches the apple 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 surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them. Then you will know that the LORD Almighty 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. |
| 10"Shout and be glad, Daughter Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you," declares the LORD. | 10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD. |
| 11"Many nations will be joined with the LORD in that day and will become my people. I will live among you and you will know that the LORD Almighty 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 inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem. | 12And the LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.” |
| 13Be still before the LORD, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling." | 13Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling. |
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