Zechariah 2
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1Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, 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.
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 answered me, "To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is."
3And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him,3While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel 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: "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,’ says the LORD, ‘will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”5And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,' declares the LORD, 'and I will be its glory within.'
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! 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“Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”7"Come, Zion! Escape, you who live in Daughter 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 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--
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.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“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” says the LORD.10"Shout and be glad, Daughter Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you," 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 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 inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem.12The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem.
13Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for He is aroused from His holy habitation!”13Be still before the LORD, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling."
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