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2:1  I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2:2  Then I asked, ‘Where are you going?’ He answered me, ‘To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.’
2:3  Then the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him,
2:4  and said to him, ‘Run, say to that young man: Jerusalem shall be inhabited like villages without walls, because of the multitude of people and animals in it.
2:5  For I will be a wall of fire all round it, says the Lord, and I will be the glory within it.’
2:6  Up, up! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord; for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.
2:7  Up! Escape to Zion, you that live with daughter Babylon.
2:8  For thus said the Lord of hosts (after his glory sent me) regarding the nations that plundered you: Truly, one who touches you touches the apple of my eye.
2:9  See now, I am going to raise my hand against them, and they shall become plunder for their own slaves. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.
2:10  Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion! For lo, I will come and dwell in your midst, says the Lord.
2:11  Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord on that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in your midst. And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
2:12  The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.
2:13  Be silent, all people, before the Lord; for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.