Zechariah 2 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 I LIFTED up my eyes again and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand! Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2 And I said to him, Where are you going? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length. Then 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.” I asked, “Where are you going?” He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.”
3 And behold, the angel who was talking with me went forth, and another angel came to meet him. And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him
4 And he said to him, Run, speak to that young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle in it. and said to him, “Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of people and livestock in it. and 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.
5 For I will be in the midst of her, says the LORD, as a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. And I will be to her a wall of fire all around, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory in her midst.’” And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will be its glory within.’
6 Ah! Ah! Flee from the land of the north, says the LORD; for I have scattered you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, says the LORD. Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north, declares the LORD. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the LORD. “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 Deliver yourself, O Zion; deliver yourself, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. “Come, Zion! Escape, you who live in Daughter Babylon!”
8 For thus says the LORD of hosts: After the glory he has sent me against the nations who plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye. For thus said the LORD of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye: For 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—
9 For, behold, I will stretch out my hand against them, and their works shall become plunder; and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me. “Behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me. I 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, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you, says the LORD. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD. “Shout and be glad, Daughter Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you,” declares the LORD.
11 And many nations shall follow the LORD in that day, and shall be his people; and he shall dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. “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.
12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in his holy land, and shall be pleased with Jerusalem again. And the LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.” The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem.
13 And all flesh shall be afraid of the LORD; for he is watchful from his high and holy habitation. Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling. Be still before the LORD, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.”
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