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God's Favor to Zion

^1 (F1)Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, there was 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 had been speaking with me was going out, and another angel was going out to meet him.⁴ And he said to him, "Run, speak to that ^(C1)young man there, saying, '^(C2)Jerusalem will be inhabited ^(C3)as open country because of the ^(C4)multitude of people and cattle within it.⁵ 'But I,' declares the LORD, 'will be a ^(C1)wall of fire to her on all sides, and I will be the ^(C2)glory in her midst.'"

⁶ "^(F1)You there! ^(C1)Flee from the land of the north," declares the LORD, "because I have ^(C2)spread you out like the four winds of the heavens," declares the LORD.⁷ "^(F1)You, Zion! ^(C1)Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon."⁸ For the LORD of armies says this: "After ^(C1)glory He has sent me against the nations that plunder you, for the one who touches you, touches the ^(F1)(C2)apple of His eye.⁹ "For behold, I am going to ^(C1)wave My hand over them so that they will be ^(C2)plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the LORD of armies has sent Me.¹⁰ "^(C1)Shout for joy and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will ^(C2)dwell in your midst," declares the LORD.¹¹ "And ^(C1)many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day and will become My people. Then I will ^(C2)dwell in your midst, and you will ^(C3)know that the LORD of armies has sent Me to you.¹² "And the LORD will ^(F1)(C1)possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again ^(C2)choose Jerusalem.

¹³ "^(F1)(C1)Be silent, all ^(F2)mankind, before the LORD; for He has ^(C2)roused Himself from His holy dwelling."