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1 I
lifted up my
eyes, and saw,
and behold, a
man with
a measuring line in
his hand.
2 Then
I asked, “Where
are you going?”
He said to
me, “To measure
Jerusalem, to see
what is its width
and what is
its length.”
3 Behold,
the angel who talked
with me went
out, and
another angel went
out to meet
him,
4 and
said to him, “Run,
speak to this young
man, saying, ‘Jerusalem
will be inhabited
as villages without walls, because
of the multitude
of men
and livestock in
it.
5 For
I,’ says the LORD,
‘will be to
her a wall of fire
around it, and
I will be
the glory in
the middle of her.
6 Come!
Come! Flee from
the land of
the north,’ says the
LORD; ‘for I
have spread you
abroad as the four
winds of the sky,’ says
the LORD.
7 ‘Come, Zion!
Escape, you
who dwell with
the daughter of Babylon.’
8 For
the LORD of Armies
says: ‘For honor
he has sent me
to the nations which plundered
you; for he
who touches you touches
the apple of
his eye.
9 For, behold,
I will shake
my hand over them,
and they will
be a plunder to
those who served
them; and you
will know that the
LORD of Armies has
sent me.
10 Sing
and rejoice, daughter of
Zion! For behold,
I come and I
will dwell within you,’
says the LORD.
11 Many nations
shall join themselves
to the LORD
in that day, and
shall be my
people; and I will
dwell among you,
and you shall know
that the LORD
of Armies has sent me
to you.
12 The
LORD will inherit Judah
as his portion in
the holy land, and
will again choose
Jerusalem.
13 Be silent,
all flesh, before
the LORD; for
he has roused
himself from
his holy habitation!”