Verse 5
Zechariah 2:5
Bible in Basic English
5
For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire round about her, and I will be the glory inside her.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וָ/אֶשָּׂ֥א עֵינַ֛/י וָ/אֵ֖רֶא וְ/הִנֵּה אִ֑ישׁ וּ/בְ/יָד֖/וֹ חֶ֥בֶל מִדָּֽה
English Translation
And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 2 Context
1
And lifting up my eyes, I saw a man with a measuring-line in his hand.
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And I said to him, Where are you going? And he said to me, To take the measure of Jerusalem, to see...
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3
And the angel who was talking to me went out, and another angel went out, and, meeting him,
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4
Said to him, Go quickly and say to this young man, Jerusalem will be an unwalled town, because of th...
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5
For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire round about her, and I will be the glory inside her.
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Ho, ho! go in flight from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I have sent you far and wide to...
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7
Ho! Zion, go in flight from danger, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.
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8
For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In the way of glory he has sent me to the nations whic...
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9
For at the shaking of my hand over them, their goods will be taken by those who were their servants:...
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10
Give songs of joy, O daughter of Zion: for I come, and I will make my resting-place among you, says...
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11
And a number of nations will be joined to the Lord in that day, and will become my people; and I wil...
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12
And Judah will be the Lord's heritage in the holy land, and Jerusalem will again be his.
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13
Let all flesh be quiet and make no sound before the Lord: for he is awake and has come from his holy...
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