Zechariah 2
2
A Vision of a Man Holding a Measuring Line
1Then I looked up and saw a man. He was holding a measuring line. 2“Where are you going?” I asked.
“To measure Jerusalem,” he answered. “I want to find out how wide and how long it is.”
3The angel who was talking with me was leaving. At that time, another angel came over to him. 4He said to him, “Run! Tell that young man Zechariah, ‘Jerusalem will be a city that does not have any walls around it. It will have huge numbers of people and animals in it. 5And I myself will be like a wall of fire around it,’ announces the Lord. ‘I will be the city’s glory.’
6“Israel, I have scattered you,” announces the Lord. “I have used the power of the four winds of heaven to do it. Come quickly! Run away from the land of the north,” announces the Lord.
7“Come, people of Zion! Escape, you who live in Babylon!” 8The Lord rules over all. His angel says to Israel, “The Glorious One has sent me to punish the nations that have robbed you of everything. That’s because anyone who hurts you hurts those the Lord loves and guards. 9So I will raise my powerful hand to strike down your enemies. Their own slaves will rob them of everything. Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me.
10“ ‘People of Zion, shout and be glad! I am coming to live among you,’ announces the Lord. 11‘At that time many nations will join themselves to me. And they will become my people. I will live among you,’ says the Lord. Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you. 12He will receive Judah as his share in the holy land. And he will choose Jerusalem again. 13All you people of the world, be still because the Lord is coming. He is getting ready to come down from his holy temple in heaven.”
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Zechariah 2
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Zechariah 2
1¶ I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2Then I said, Where goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length.
3And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him
4and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls for the multitude of men and beasts in the midst of her:
5For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about and will be the glory in the midst of her.
6¶ Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord, for I have spread you abroad by the four winds of the heavens, saith the Lord.
7O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon, thou must escape.
8For thus hath the Lord of the hosts said; After the glory he shall send me unto the Gentiles which spoiled you, for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye.
9For, behold, I raise my hand regarding them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants; and ye shall know that the Lord of the hosts has sent me.
10¶ Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, said the Lord.
11And many Gentiles shall join themselves unto the Lord in that day and shall be my people, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and then thou shalt know that the Lord of the hosts has sent me unto thee.
12And the Lord shall possess Judah his portion in the holy land and shall still choose Jerusalem.
13Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord, for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
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