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Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.

I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

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."

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.

And behold, the angel who had been speaking with me was going out, and another angel was going out to meet him.

And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

And he said to him, "Run, speak to that young man there, saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited as open country because of the multitude of people and cattle within it.

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:

'But I,' declares the LORD, 'will be a wall of fire to her on all sides, and I will be the glory in her midst.'"

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.

"You there! Flee from the land of the north," declares the LORD, "because I have spread you out like the four winds of the heavens," declares the LORD.

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 .

"You, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon."

Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

For the LORD of armies says this: "After glory He has sent me against the nations that plunder you, for the one who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.

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.

"For behold, I am going to wave My hand over them so that they will be plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the LORD of armies has sent Me.

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.

"Shout for joy and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will dwell in your midst," declares the LORD.

Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord .

"And many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the LORD of armies has sent Me to you.

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.

"And the LORD will possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.

And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

"Be silent, all mankind, before the LORD; for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling."

Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord : for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.