Common English Bible CEB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 Then I looked up and saw a man. In his hand was a measuring line.
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I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2 I said, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "To measure Jerusalem to see how wide and long it will be."
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I asked him, "Where are you going?" He answered, "I am going to measure Jerusalem to see how wide and how long it is."
3 As I watched, the messenger speaking with me went ahead and another messenger came to meet him.
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Then the angel who was speaking with me left. Another angel came out to meet him
4 He said to him, "Run! Say to this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited like open fields because of the throngs of people and cattle inside it.
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and said to him, "Run, and say to that young man, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited like an unwalled village because it will have so many people and animals in it.
5 But I will be a wall of fire around it, says the LORD, and I will be glorious inside it.
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I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD. I will be the glory within it.'
6 Look out; look out! Flee from the land of the north, says the LORD, for I will scatter you like the four winds of heaven, says the LORD.
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"Hurry, hurry! Flee from the land of the north, declares the LORD. I've scattered you to the four winds of heaven.
7 Look out, Zion. Flee, you who dwell with Daughter Babylon!
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Hurry, Zion! Escape, you inhabitants of Babylon!
8 The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims (after his glory sent me) concerning the nations plundering you: Those who strike you strike the pupil of my eye.
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This is what the LORD of Armies says: Afterwards, the Glory sent me to the nations who looted you. Whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye.
9 But look, I am about to raise my hand against them; they will become prey to their own slaves, so you will know that the LORD of heavenly forces sent me.
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I'm going to shake my fist at the nations, and their own slaves will loot them. Then you will know that the LORD of Armies has sent me.
10 Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Zion, because I am about to come and dwell among you, says the LORD.
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Sing for joy and rejoice, people of Zion. I'm going to come and live among you, declares the LORD.
11 Many nations will be joined to the LORD on that day. They will become my people, and I will dwell among you so you will know that the LORD of heavenly forces sent me to you."
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On that day many nations will join the LORD and become my people. I will live among you. Then you will know that the LORD of Armies has sent me to you.
12 The LORD will possess Judah as his inheritance upon the holy land; he will again choose Jerusalem.
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The LORD will claim Judah as his own in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem.
13 Be silent, everyone, in the LORD's presence, because he has moved from his holy habitation!
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"Everyone be silent in the presence of the LORD. He is waking up and setting out from his holy dwelling place."
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