ZECHARIAH. Chapter 2

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CHAP. II.

1 God in the care of Ierusalem sendeth to measure it. 6 The redemption of Zion. 10 The promise of Gods presence.

¹I lift vp mine eyes againe, and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

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²Then said I, Whither goest thou? And hee said vnto me, To measure Ierusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

³And behold, the Angel that talked with me, went foorth, and another Angel went out to meete him:

⁴And said vnto him, Run, speake to this young man, saying; Ierusalem shall be inhabited as townes without walles, for the multitude of men and cattell therein.

⁵For I, saith the Lord, will be vnto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

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⁶¶ Ho, ho, come foorth, and flee from the land of the North, saith the Lord: for I haue spread you abroad as the foure windes of the heauen, sayth the Lord.

⁷Deliuer thy selfe, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

⁸For thus sayth the Lord of hostes, After the glory hath he sent me vnto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye.⁸

⁹For behold, I will shake mine hand vpon them, and they shall bee a spoile to their seruants: and yee shall know that the Lord of hostes hath sent me.

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¹⁰¶ Sing and reioyce, O daughter of Zion: for loe, I come, and I will dwell in the middest of thee, sayth the Lord.¹⁰

¹¹And many nations shalbe ioyned to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwel in the middest of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hostes hath sent me vnto thee.

¹²And the Lord shall inherite Iudah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Ierusalem againe.

¹³Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised vp out of his holy habitation.¹³

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Zechariah Chapter 2

⁸ Deu.32. 10. psal. 17.8.
¹⁰ Isai 12.6. and 54.1. , Leuit. 26. 12. ezek. 37.27. 2. cor.6.18.
¹³ Heb. the habitation of his holines.

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