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God's Favor to Zion |
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Zechariah 2:1
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Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold,
there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. |
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Zechariah 2:2
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So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said
to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is." |
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Zechariah 2:3
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And behold, the angel who was speaking with
me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him, |
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Zechariah 2:4
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and said to him, "Run, speak to that young man,
saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the multitude of
men and cattle within it. |
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Zechariah 2:5
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'For I,' declares the LORD, 'will be a wall
of fire around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.'" |
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Zechariah 2:6
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"Ho there! Flee from the land of the north,"
declares the LORD, "for I have dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens,"
declares the LORD. |
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Zechariah 2:7
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"Ho, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the
daughter of Babylon." |
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Zechariah 2:8
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For thus says the LORD of hosts, "After glory
He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you,
touches the apple of His eye. |
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Zechariah 2:9
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"For behold, I will wave My hand over them so
that they will be plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the LORD of
hosts has sent Me. |
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Zechariah 2:10
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"Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion;
for behold I am coming and I will dwell in your midst," declares the LORD. |
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Zechariah 2:11
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"Many nations will join themselves to the LORD
in that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you
will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you. |
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Zechariah 2:12
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"The LORD will possess Judah as His portion
in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem. |
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Zechariah 2:13
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"Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for
He is aroused from His holy habitation." |
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