Zechariah 2
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1I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.1I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2I asked, "Where are you going?" He replied, "To measure Jerusalem in order to determine its width and its length."2I asked, "Where are you going?" He answered me, "To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length."
3At this point the angelic messenger who spoke to me went out, and another messenger came to meet him3Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him.
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.4He said to him, "Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and livestock in it."
5But I (the LORD says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem and the source of glory in her midst.'" 5The declaration of the LORD: "I myself will be a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory within it."
6"You there! Flee from the northland!" says the LORD, "for like the four winds of heaven I have scattered you," says the LORD.6"Listen! Listen! Flee from the land of the north"--this is the LORD's declaration--"for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven"--this is the LORD's declaration.
7"Escape, Zion, you who live among the Babylonians!"7"Listen, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon."
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.8For the LORD of Armies says this: "In pursuit of his glory, he sent me against the nations plundering you, for whoever touches you touches the pupil of my eye.
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. 9For look, I am raising my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Armies has sent me.
10"Sing out and be happy, Zion my daughter! For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst," says the LORD.10"Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you"--this is the LORD's declaration.
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.11"Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day and become my people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Armies has sent me to you.
12The LORD will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again.12The LORD will take possession of Judah as his portion in the Holy Land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem.
13Be silent in the LORD's presence, all people everywhere, for he is being moved to action in his holy dwelling place. 13Let all people be silent before the LORD, for from his holy dwelling he has roused himself."
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Zechariah 1
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