Zechariah 2
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1Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.1 Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2So 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.”2I asked, "Where are you going?" He responded, "To measure Jerusalem in order to determine its width and length."
3And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him,3Look! That angel who was talking to me left, and another angel came forward to meet him.
4who said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying: ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.4That other angel told him, "Run and tell that young man: 'Jerusalem will be an inhabited city without walls due to the number of people and livestock within it.
5For I,’ says the LORD, ‘will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”5I myself will be an encircling rampart of fire,' declares the LORD, 'and I will be the glory in her midst.'
6“Up, up! Flee from the land of the north,” says the LORD; “for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the LORD.6"'Come now! Come now! Flee from the land of the north,' declares the LORD, 'for I have dispersed you like the four winds of heaven,' declares the LORD.
7“Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”7"'Come now, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the residents of Babylon.
8For thus says the LORD of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye.8For this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "In pursuit of glory I was sent to the nations who plundered you, because whoever injures you injures the pupil of my eye.
9For surely I will shake My hand against them, and they shall become spoil for their servants. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me.9And look, I will shake my fist over them, and they will become plunder for their former slaves. And you will know that the LORD of the Heavenly Armies sent me."'"
10“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” says the LORD.10"Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion! Take note! I am coming to live in your midst," declares the LORD.
11“Many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and they shall become My people. And I will dwell in your midst. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you.11"Many nations will cling to the LORD at that time and will become my people. I will live in your midst, and you will know that the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has sent me to you.
12And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem.12The LORD will take possession of Judah as his own property in the Holy Land—and he will choose Jerusalem again.
13Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for He is aroused from His holy habitation!”13Be silent, every living thing, in the presence of the LORD, because he is emerging from his Holy Place."
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