Zechariah 2
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Zechariah 2
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And lifting up my eyes, I saw a man with a measuring-line in his hand. | And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. |
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. | Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. |
And the angel who was talking to me went out, and another angel went out, and, meeting him, | And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, |
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. | and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, by reason of the multitude of men and cattle therein. |
For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire round about her, and I will be the glory inside her. | For I, saith Jehovah, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her. |
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. | Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith Jehovah; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, saith Jehovah. |
Ho! Zion, go in flight from danger, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon. | Ho Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. |
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. | For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: After glory hath he sent me unto the nations which plundered you; for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. |
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. | For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those that served them; and ye shall know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me. |
Give songs of joy, O daughter of Zion: for I come, and I will make my resting-place among you, says the Lord. | Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith Jehovah. |
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. | And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me unto thee. |
And Judah will be the Lord's heritage in the holy land, and Jerusalem will again be his. | And Jehovah shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. |
Let all flesh be quiet and make no sound before the Lord: for he is awake and has come from his holy resting-place. | Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah; for he is waked up out of his holy habitation. |