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| 2 | Zechariah |
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And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand! | The vision of the measuring-line. Zch.2.1-5 |
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Then I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length." | |
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And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him, | |
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and said to him, "Run, say to that young man, `Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and cattle in it. | |
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For I will be to her a wall of fire round about, says Yahweh, and I will be the glory within her.' " | |
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Ho! ho! Flee from the land of the north, says Yahweh; for I havespread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, says Yahweh. | The exiles are called to return. Zch.2.6-13 |
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Ho! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. | |
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For thus said Yahweh of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye: | |
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"Behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me. | |
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Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for lo, I come and I will dwell in the midst of you, says Yahweh. | |
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And many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you. | |
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And Yahweh will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land,and will again choose Jerusalem." | |
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Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling. | |
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