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1 I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
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And lifting up my eyes, I saw a man with a measuring-line in his hand.
2 Then I asked, "Where are you going?" He answered me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length."
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And I said to him, Where are you going? And he said to me, To take the measure of Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.
3 Then the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him,
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And the angel who was talking to me went out, and another angel went out, and, meeting him,
4 and said to him, "Run, say to that young man: Jerusalem shall be inhabited like villages without walls, because of the multitude of people and animals in it.
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Said to him, Go quickly and say to this young man, Jerusalem will be an unwalled town, because of the great number of men and cattle in her.
5 For I will be a wall of fire all around it, says the Lord, and I will be the glory within it."
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For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire round about her, and I will be the glory inside her.
6 Up, up! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord; for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.
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Ho, ho! go in flight from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I have sent you far and wide to the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.
7 Up! Escape to Zion, you that live with daughter Babylon.
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Ho! Zion, go in flight from danger, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.
8 For thus said the Lord of hosts (after his glory sent me) regarding the nations that plundered you: Truly, one who touches you touches the apple of my eye.
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For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In the way of glory he has sent me to the nations which have taken your goods: for anyone touching you is touching what is most dear to him.
9 See now, I am going to raise my hand against them, and they shall become plunder for their own slaves. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.
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For at the shaking of my hand over them, their goods will be taken by those who were their servants: and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me.
10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion! For lo, I will come and dwell in your midst, says the Lord.
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Give songs of joy, O daughter of Zion: for I come, and I will make my resting-place among you, says the Lord.
11 Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord on that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in your midst. And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
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And a number of nations will be joined to the Lord in that day, and will become my people; and I will be living among you, and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.
12 The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.
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And Judah will be the Lord's heritage in the holy land, and Jerusalem will again be his.
13 Be silent, all people, before the Lord; for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.
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Let all flesh be quiet and make no sound before the Lord: for he is awake and has come from his holy resting-place.
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