A Man With a Measuring Line
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Then I looked up - and there before me was a man
with a measuring line in his hand!
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I asked, "Where are you going?" He answered me,
"To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is."
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Then the angel who was speaking to me left,
and another angel came to meet him
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and said to him: "Run, tell that young man,
'Jerusalem will be a city without walls
because of the great number of men and livestock in it.
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And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,' declares the LORD,
'and I will be its glory within.'
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"Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north," delcares the LORD,
"for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven," delcares the LORD.
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"Come, O Zion! Escape, you who live in the Daughter of Babylon!"
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For this is what the LORD Almighty says:
"AFter he has honored me and has sent me against the nations
that have plundered you
- for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye -
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I will surely raise my hand against them
so that their slave will plunder them.
Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me.
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"Shout and be glad, O Daughter of Zion.
For I am coming, and I will live among you," declares the LORD.
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"Many nations will be joined with the LORD in that day
and will become my people. I will live among you
and you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me to you.
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The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land
and will again choose Jerusalem.
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Be still before the LORD, all mankind,
because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling."