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Zechariah 2

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Zechariah 2 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

ASV: 1ASV

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

WEB: 2WEB

Then I asked, “Where are you going?” He said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

ASV: 2ASV

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.

WEB: 3WEB

Behold, the angel who talked with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him,

ASV: 3ASV

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

WEB: 4WEB

and said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.

ASV: 4ASV

and said unto 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.

WEB: 5WEB

For I,’ says the LORD, ‘will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the middle of her.

ASV: 5ASV

For I, saith Jehovah, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

WEB: 6WEB

Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,’ says the LORD; ‘for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,’ says the LORD.

ASV: 6ASV

Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith Jehovah; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, saith Jehovah.

WEB: 7WEB

‘Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.’

ASV: 7ASV

Ho Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

WEB: 8WEB

For the LORD of Armies says: ‘For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.

ASV: 8ASV

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: After glory hath he sent me unto the nations which plundered you; for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

WEB: 9WEB

For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they will be a plunder to those who served them; and you will know that the LORD of Armies has sent me.

ASV: 9ASV

For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those that served them; and ye shall know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me.

WEB: 10WEB

Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion! For behold, I come and I will dwell within you,’ says the LORD.

ASV: 10ASV

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

WEB: 11WEB

Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell among you, and you shall know that the LORD of Armies has sent me to you.

ASV: 11ASV

And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

WEB: 12WEB

The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.

ASV: 12ASV

And Jehovah shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

WEB: 13WEB

Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!”

ASV: 13ASV

Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah; for he is waked up out of his holy habitation.