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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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And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold a man, with a measuring line in his hand.
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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And I said: Whither goest thou? and he said to me: To measure Jerusalem, and to see how great is the breadth thereof, and how great the length thereof.
3 While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him
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And behold the angel that spoke in me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him.
4 and said to him: “Run, tell that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of people and animals in it.
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And he said to him: Run, speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls, by reason of the multitude of men, and of the beasts in the midst thereof.
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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And I will be to it, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about: and I will be in glory in the midst thereof.
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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O, O flee ye out of the land of the north, saith the Lord, for I have scattered you into the four winds of heaven, saith the Lord.
7 “Come, Zion! Escape, you who live in Daughter Babylon!”
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O Sion, flee, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon:
8 For this is what the LORD Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye—
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For thus saith the Lord of hosts: After the glory he hath sent me to the nations that have robbed you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of my eye:
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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For behold, I lift up my hand upon them, and they shall be a prey to those that served them: and you shall know that the Lord of hosts sent me.
10 “Shout and be glad, Daughter Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you,” declares the LORD.
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Sing praise, and rejoice, O daughter of Sion: for behold I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee: saith the Lord.
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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And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and they shall be my people, and I will dwell in the midst of thee: and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me to thee.
12 The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem.
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And the Lord shall possess Juda his portion in the sanctified land: and he shall yet choose Jerusalem.
13 Be still before the LORD, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.”
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Let all flesh be silent at the presence of the Lord: for he is risen up out of his holy habitation.
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