Verse 8
Zechariah 2:8
Bible in Basic English
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For 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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔/ו רֻ֗ץ דַּבֵּ֛ר אֶל הַ/נַּ֥עַר הַלָּ֖ז לֵ/אמֹ֑ר פְּרָזוֹת֙ תֵּשֵׁ֣ב יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם מֵ/רֹ֥ב אָדָ֛ם וּ/בְהֵמָ֖ה בְּ/תוֹכָֽ/הּ
English Translation
And he said to him, "Run, speak to that young man, saying, 'Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without people, because of the multitude of mankind and livestock in it.'"
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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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2
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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6
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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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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