Berean Study Bible | New International Version |
1Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. | 1Then I looked up, and there before me was 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.” | 2I asked, "Where are you going?" He answered me, "To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is." |
3Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him | 3While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came 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 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. |
5For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’ ” | 5And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,' declares the LORD, 'and I will be its glory within.' |
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. | 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. |
7“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!” | 7"Come, Zion! Escape, you who live in Daughter 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 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-- |
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.” | 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. |
10“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD. | 10"Shout and be glad, Daughter Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you," declares 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. | 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. |
12And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem. | 12The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem. |
13Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.” | 13Be still before the LORD, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling." |
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