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2:1  I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2:2  I asked, “Where are you going?” He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length.”
2:3  Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him.
2:4  He said to him, “Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and animals in it.”
2:5  The declaration of the Lord: “I myself will be a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory within it.”
2:6  “Listen! Listen! Flee from the land of the north”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven”—this is the Lord’s declaration.
2:7  “Listen, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon.”
2:8  For the Lord of Armies says this: “In pursuit of his glory, he sent me against the nations plundering you, for whoever touches you touches the pupil of my eye.
2:9  For look, I am raising my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me.
2:10  “Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you”—this is the Lord’s declaration.
2:11  “Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become my people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you.
2:12  The Lord will take possession of Judah as his portion in the Holy Land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem.
2:13  Let all humanity be silent before the Lord, for from his holy dwelling he has roused himself.”