| Chapter 2 |
1 | I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
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2 | Then said I, Where go you? He said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it.
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3 | Behold, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
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4 | and said to 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.
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5 | For I, says Yahweh, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.
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6 | Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, says Yahweh; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky, says Yahweh.
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7 | Ho Zion, escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
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8 | For thus says Yahweh of hosts: After glory has he sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.
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9 | For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those who served them; and you shall know that Yahweh of Hosts has sent me.
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10 | Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you, says Yahweh.
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11 | Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Hosts has sent me to you.
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12 | Yahweh shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
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13 | Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he is waked up out of his holy habitation.
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