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1 I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
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1 Then I looked up--and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand!
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2 I asked, "Where are you going?" He answered me, "To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length."
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2 I asked, "Where are you going?" He answered me, "To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is."
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3 Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him.
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3 Then the angel who was speaking to me left, and another angel came to meet him
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4 He said to him, "Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and livestock in it."
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4 and said to him: "Run, tell that young man, 'Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of men and livestock in it.
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5 The declaration of the Lord: "I will be a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory within it."
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5 And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,' declares the LORD, 'and I will be its glory within.'
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6 "Get up! Leave the land of the north"-the Lord's declaration-"for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven"-the Lord's declaration.
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6 "Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north," declares the LORD, "for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven," declares the LORD.
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7 "Go, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon."
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7 "Come, O Zion! Escape, you who live in the Daughter of Babylon!"
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8 For the Lord of Hosts says this: "He has sent Me for [His] glory against the nations who are plundering you, for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of His eye.
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8 For this is what the LORD Almighty says: "After he has honored me and has sent me against the nations that have plundered you--for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye--
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9 I will move against them with My power, and they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me.
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9 I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them. Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me.
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10 "Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you"-the Lord's declaration.
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10 "Shout and be glad, O Daughter of Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you," declares the LORD.
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11 "Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me to you.
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11 "Many nations will be joined with the LORD in that day and will become my people. I will live among you and you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me to you.
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12 The Lord will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
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12 The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem.
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13 Let all people be silent before the Lord, for He is coming from His holy dwelling."
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13 Be still before the LORD, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling."
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