| 2 | Zechariah | ||
| 1 | And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand! | The vision of the measuring-line. | |
| 2 | 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." | ||
| 3 | And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him, | ||
| 4 | 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. | ||
| 5 | For I will be to her a wall of fire round about, says the LORD, and I will be the glory within her.'" | ||
| 6 | Ho! ho! Flee from the land of the north, says the LORD; for I havespread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, says the LORD. | The exiles are called to return. | |
| 7 | Ho! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. | ||
| 8 | 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: | ||
| 9 | "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. | ||
| 10 | Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for lo, I come and I will dwell in the midst of you, says the LORD. | ||
| 11 | And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. | ||
| 12 | And 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 dwelling. | ||
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