| 章 |
| 2:1 |
Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
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| 2:2 |
So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is."
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| 2:3 |
And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him,
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| 2:4 |
and said to him, "Run, speak to that young man, saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the multitude of men and cattle within it.
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| 2:5 |
'For I,' declares the Lord, 'will be a wall of fire around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.' "
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| 2:6 |
"Ho there! Flee from the land of the north," declares the Lord, "for I have dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens," declares the Lord.
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| 2:7 |
"Ho, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon."
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| 2:8 |
For thus says the Lord of hosts, "After glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.
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| 2:9 |
"For behold, I will wave My hand over them so that they will be plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.
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| 2:10 |
"Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will dwell in your midst," declares the Lord.
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| 2:11 |
"Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.
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| 2:12 |
"The Lord will possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.
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| 2:13 |
"Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord; for He is aroused from His holy habitation."
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