Zechariah 2
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1Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.1I looked again, and there was 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 replied, "To measure Jerusalem in order to determine its width and its length."
3And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him,3At this point the angelic messenger who spoke to me went out, and another messenger came 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.4and said to him, "Hurry, speak to this young man as follows: 'Jerusalem will no longer be enclosed by walls because of the multitude of people and animals there.
5For I,’ says the LORD, ‘will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”5But I (the LORD says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem and the source of 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"You there! Flee from the northland!" says the LORD, "for like the four winds of heaven I have scattered you," says the LORD.
7“Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”7"Escape, Zion, you who live among the Babylonians!"
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 the LORD who rules over all says to me that for his own glory he has sent me to the nations that plundered you--for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of his 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.9"I am about to punish them in such a way," he says, "that they will be looted by their own slaves." Then you will know that the LORD who rules over all has 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 out and be happy, Zion my daughter! For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst," says 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 join themselves to the LORD on the day of salvation, and they will also be my people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all." Then you will know that the LORD who rules over all 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 portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again.
13Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for He is aroused from His holy habitation!”13Be silent in the LORD's presence, all people everywhere, for he is being moved to action in his holy dwelling place.
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