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Zechariah 2

¹And I looked up, and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

²So 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."

³And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him,

⁴and he said to the second angel, "Run, speak to that young man, saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited [like villages] without walls [spreading out into the open country] because of the great number of people and livestock in it.

⁵'For I,' declares the LORD, 'will be a wall of fire around her [protecting her from enemies], and I will be the glory in her midst.'"

⁶"[1] Hear this! Flee from [Babylon] the land of the north [which shall come under judgment]," declares the LORD, "for I have scattered you like the four winds of the heavens," declares the LORD.

⁷"Hear, Zion (Jerusalem)! Escape,[2] you who are living with the daughter of Babylon!"

⁸For thus says the LORD of hosts, "After[3] glory He has sent Me against the nations which plunder you—for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.

⁹Behold, I will wave my hand over them and they shall become plunder for their own slaves. Then you shall know (recognize, understand fully) that the LORD of hosts has sent Me.

¹⁰Sing for joy and rejoice, O Daughter of Zion; for behold, I am coming, and I will dwell in your midst," declares the LORD.

¹¹Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day and shall be My people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know (recognize, understand fully) that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you.

¹²The LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem.

¹³"Be still before the LORD, all mankind; for He is roused (raised up) from His holy habitation [in response to His persecuted people]."