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Zechariah 2
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
1And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold a man, with a measuring line in his hand.
1And lifting up my eyes, I saw a man with a measuring-line in his hand.
2And I said: Whither goest thou? and he said to me: To measure Jerusalem, and to see how great is the breadth thereof, and how great the length thereof.
2And I said to him, Where are you going? And he said to me, To take the measure of Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.
3And behold the angel that spoke in me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him.
3And the angel who was talking to me went out, and another angel went out, and, meeting him,
4And he said to him: Run, speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls, by reason of the multitude of men, and of the beasts in the midst thereof.
4Said to him, Go quickly and say to this young man, Jerusalem will be an unwalled town, because of the great number of men and cattle in her.
5And I will be to it, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about: and I will be in glory in the midst thereof.
5For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire round about her, and I will be the glory inside her.
6O, O flee ye out of the land of the north, saith the Lord, for I have scattered you into the four winds of heaven, saith the Lord.
6Ho, ho! go in flight from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I have sent you far and wide to the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.
7O Sion, flee, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon:
7Ho! Zion, go in flight from danger, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.
8For thus saith the Lord of hosts: After the glory he hath sent me to the nations that have robbed you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of my eye:
8For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In the way of glory he has sent me to the nations which have taken your goods: for anyone touching you is touching what is most dear to him.
9For behold, I lift up my hand upon them, and they shall be a prey to those that served them: and you shall know that the Lord of hosts sent me.
9For at the shaking of my hand over them, their goods will be taken by those who were their servants: and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me.
10Sing praise, and rejoice, O daughter of Sion: for behold I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee: saith the Lord.
10Give songs of joy, O daughter of Zion: for I come, and I will make my resting-place among you, says the Lord.
11And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and they 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 to thee.
11And a number of nations will be joined to the Lord in that day, and will become my people; and I will be living among you, and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.