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Zechariah 2

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Bible Compare Zechariah 2
Verse 1
WEB

I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

KJV

I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Verse 2
WEB

Then I asked, “Where are you going?” He said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

KJV

Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

Verse 3
WEB

Behold, the angel who talked with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him,

KJV

And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

Verse 4
WEB

and said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.

KJV

And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:

Verse 5
WEB

For I,’ says Yahweh, ‘will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the middle of her.

KJV

For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

Verse 6
WEB

Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,’ says Yahweh; ‘for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,’ says Yahweh.

KJV

Ho, ho, come forth , and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.

Verse 7
WEB

‘Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.’

KJV

Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

Verse 8
WEB

For Yahweh of Armies says: ‘For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.

KJV

For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

Verse 9
WEB

For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they will be a plunder to those who served them; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me.

KJV

For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.

Verse 10
WEB

Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion! For behold, I come and I will dwell within you,’ says Yahweh.

KJV

Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.

Verse 11
WEB

Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell among you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.

KJV

And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

Verse 12
WEB

Yahweh will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.

KJV

And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

Verse 13
WEB

Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!”

KJV

Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.