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Zechariah 2
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Third Vision: The Man with the Tape Measure

2I looked up and was surprised to see a man holding a tape measure in his hand.H5375H5869H7200H376H4060H2256H3027 2I said, "What are you up to?" "I'm on my way," he said, "to survey Jerusalem, to measure its width and length."H559H1980H559H4058H3389H7200H4100H7341H753 3Just then the Messenger-Angel on his way out met another angel coming inH4397H1696H3318H312H4397H3318H7125 4and said, "Run! Tell the Surveyor, 'Jerusalem will burst its walls— bursting with people, bursting with animals.H559H7323H1696H1975H5288H559H3389H3427H6519H7230H120H929H8432 5And I'll be right there with her'—GOD's Decree—'a wall of fire around unwalled Jerusalem and a radiant presence within.'"H5002H3068H2346H784H5439H3519H8432 6"Up on your feet! Get out of there—and now!" GOD says so. "Return from your far exile. I scattered you to the four winds." GOD's Decree.H1945H1945H5127H776H6828H5002H3068H6566H702H7307H8064H5002H3068 7"Escape from Babylon, Zion, and come home—now!"H4422H1945H6726H3427H1323H894 8GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, the One of Glory who sent me on my mission, commenting on the godless nations who stripped you and left you homeless, said, "Anyone who hits you, hits me—bloodies my nose, blackens my eye.H559H3068H6635H310H3519H7971H1471H7997H5060H5060H892H5869 9Yes, and at the right time I'll give the signal and they'll be stripped and thrown out by their own servants." Then you'll know for sure that GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies sent me on this mission.H5130H3027H7998H5647H3045H3068H6635H7971 10"Shout and celebrate, Daughter of Zion! I'm on my way. I'm moving into your neighborhood!" GOD's Decree.H7442H8055H1323H6726H935H7931H8432H5002H3068 11Many godless nations will be linked up with GOD at that time. ("They will become my family! I'll live in their homes!") And then you'll know for sure that GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies sent me on this mission.H7227H1471H3867H3068H3117H5971H7931H8432H3045H3068H6635H7971 12GOD will reclaim his Judah inheritance in the Holy Land. He'll again make clear that Jerusalem is his choice.H3068H5157H3063H2506H6944H127H977H3389 13Quiet, everyone! Shh! Silence before GOD. Something's afoot in his holy house. He's on the move!H2013H1320H6440H3068H5782H6944H4583


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