1[a]Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a 1measuringline in his hand.
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So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To 2measureJerusalem, to seehowwide it is and howlong it is."
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And behold, the 3angel who was speaking with me was going out, and anotherangel was coming out to meet him,
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and said to him, "Run, speak to that 4youngman, saying, '5Jerusalem will be inhabited[b]6withoutwallsbecause of the 7multitude of men and cattlewithin it.
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'For I,' declares the LORD, 'will be a 8wall of firearound her, and I will be the 9glory in her midst.' "
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"Hothere! 10Flee from the land of the north," declares the LORD, "for I have 11dispersed you as the fourwinds of the heavens," declares the LORD.
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"Ho, Zion! 12Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon."
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For thussays the LORD of hosts, "After13glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the 14apple of His eye.
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"For behold, I will 15wave My handover them so that they will be 16plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me.
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"17Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will 18dwell in your midst," declares the LORD.
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"19Manynations will join themselves to the LORD in that day and will become My people. Then I will 20dwell in your midst, and you will 21know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you.
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"The LORD will 22possessJudah as His portion in the holyland, and will again23chooseJerusalem.
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"24Be silent, allflesh, before* the LORD; for He is 25aroused from His holyhabitation."