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Zechariah, Chapter 2
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I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a
measuring line in his hand.
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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.
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And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another
angel went out to meet him,
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And said unto him, Run, speak to this
young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls
for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
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For I, saith the
LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the
glory in the midst of her.
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Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the
LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven,
saith the LORD.
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Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of
Babylon.
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For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me
unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth
the apple of his eye.
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For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a
spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath
sent me.
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Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will
dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
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And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and
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 unto thee.
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And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land,
and shall choose Jerusalem again.
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Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out
of his holy habitation.
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