Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold a man, with a measuring line in his hand.
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I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2 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.
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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 And behold the angel that spoke in me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him.
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Then the angel who was speaking with me left. Another angel came out to meet him
4 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.
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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 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.
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I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD. I will be the glory within it.'
6 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.
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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 O Sion, flee, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon:
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Hurry, Zion! Escape, you inhabitants of Babylon!
8 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:
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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 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.
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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 Sing praise, and rejoice, O daughter of Sion: for behold I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee: saith 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 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.
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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 And the Lord shall possess Juda his portion in the sanctified land: and he shall yet choose Jerusalem.
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The LORD will claim Judah as his own in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem.
13 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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"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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