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God's Favor to Zion

¹ And I looked up, and saw a man with a ^(C1)measuring line in his hand.² So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To ^(C1)measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is."³ And behold, the ^(C1)angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him,⁴ and he said to the second angel, "Run, speak to that ^(C1)young man, saying, '^(C2)Jerusalem will be inhabited like villages ^(C3)without walls spreading out into the open country because of the ^(C4)great number of people and livestock in it.⁵ 'For I,' declares the LORD, 'will be a ^(C1)wall of fire around her protecting her from enemies, and I will be the ^(C2)glory in her midst.'"

⁶ "^(F1)Hear this! ^(C1)Flee from Babylon the land of the north which shall come under judgment," declares the LORD, "for I have ^(C2)scattered you like the four winds of the heavens," declares the LORD.⁷ "Hear, Zion (Jerusalem)! ^(C1)Escape, ^(F1)you who are living with the daughter of Babylon!"⁸ For thus says the LORD of hosts, "After ^(F1)(C1)glory He has sent Me against the nations which plunder you—for he who touches you, touches the ^(C2)apple of His eye.⁹ "Behold, I will ^(C1)wave my hand over them and they shall become ^(C2)plunder for their own slaves. Then you shall know (recognize, understand fully) that the LORD of hosts has sent Me.^10 (C1)"Sing for joy and rejoice, O Daughter of Zion; for behold, I am coming, and I will ^(C2)dwell in your midst," declares the LORD.¹¹ "^(C1)Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day and shall be My people. And I will ^(C2)dwell in your midst, and you shall ^(C3)know (recognize, understand fully) that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you. ^(VR1)12 "The LORD will ^(C1)take possession of Judah as His portion in the holy land and will again ^(C2)choose Jerusalem.

¹³ "^(C1)Be still before the LORD, all mankind; for He is ^(C2)roused (raised up) from His holy habitation in response to His persecuted people." ^(VR1)