 1 I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold. A man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 Then I said, Where are you going? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length. 3 Behold, the angel who talked with me and another angel went to meet him. 4 He said to him, Run. Speak to this young man saying, Jerusalem will be inhabited like towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle in her midst. 5 I, says the Lord, will be to her a wall of fire all around and will be the glory in her midst. 6 Flee from the land of the north says the Lord. For I have scattered you as the four winds of the heavens says the Lord. 7 Escape Zion, you who live with the daughter of Babylon. 8 For thus says the Lord of hosts: He has sent me after glory, to the nations who stripped you. For he who touches you touches the pupil of His eye. 9 For behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall be a prize for their servants. And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me. 10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion. For I will come and live in your midst, says the Lord. 11 Many nations will be joined to the Lord in that day and will be my people. I will live in your midst and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. 12 The Lord will possess Judah. His portion in the holy land, and will choose Jerusalem again. 13 Be silent all flesh before the Lord. For He has risen out of His holy dwelling place.
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