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Zechariah 2:6

Contemporary English Version 1995

The Lord says to his people, “Run! Escape from the land in the north, where I scattered you to the four winds.

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His best troops will be killed in battle, and the survivors will be scattered in every direction. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Now leave Babylon! Celebrate as you go. Be happy and shout for everyone to hear, “The Lord has rescued his servant Israel!

Then I heard another voice from heaven shout, “My people, you must escape from Babylon. Don't take part in her sins and share her punishment.

But here is what I want you to tell the Israelites in Babylonia: It's true that I, the Lord God, have forced you out of your own country and made you live among foreign nations. But for now, I will be with you wherever you are, so that you can worship me.

Those of you that survive will be scattered to every nation on earth, and you will have to worship stone and wood idols that never helped you or your ancestors.

When they were outside, one of the angels said, “Run for your lives! Don't even look back. And don't stop in the valley. Run to the hills, where you'll be safe.”

Leave Babylonia and hurry back to Zion.”

At my command, all of you will be sifted like grain. Israelites who remain faithful will be scattered among the nations. And the others will be trapped like trash in a sifter.

A third of you will die here in Jerusalem from disease or starvation. Another third will be killed in war. And I will scatter the last third of you in every direction, then track you down and kill you.

My people, you escaped death when Jerusalem fell. Now you live far from home, but you should trust me and think about Jerusalem. Leave Babylon! Don't stay!

Get out of Babylon, my people, and run for your lives, before I strike the city in my anger!

Get out of Babylon! Run for your lives! If you stay, you will be killed when I take revenge on the city and punish it for its sins.

Escape from Babylonia, my people. Get out of that country! Don't wait for anyone else.

Listen to me, you nations nearby or across the sea. I scattered the people of Israel, but I will gather them again. I will protect them like a shepherd guarding a flock;

I, the Lord, will bring my people back from Babylonia and everywhere else on earth. The blind and the lame will be there. Expectant mothers and women about to give birth will come and be part of that great crowd.

This punishment will happen because of the horrible things your King Manasseh did. And you will be disgusting to all nations on earth.

Then, in countries to the north, you people of Judah and Israel will be reunited, and you will return to the land I gave your ancestors.

The Lord said: I will pour out destruction all over the land.

If you are thirsty, come and drink water! If you don't have any money, come, eat what you want! Drink wine and milk without paying a cent.

In the meanwhile, Boaz had gone to the meeting place at the town gate and was sitting there when the other close relative came by. So Boaz invited him to come over and sit down, and he did.

At the sound of a loud trumpet, he will send his angels to bring his chosen ones together from all over the earth.

He will send his angels to gather his chosen ones from all over the earth.

You chased off the nations by causing them trouble with your powerful arm. Then you let our ancestors take over their land.

Parents will be so desperate for food that they will eat their own children, and children will eat their parents. Those who survive this horror will be scattered in every direction.

But suddenly his kingdom will be crushed and scattered to the four corners of the earth, where four more kingdoms will rise. But these won't be ruled by his descendants or be as powerful as his kingdom.

The Lord said: Someday, Jerusalem will truly belong to me. It will be rebuilt with a boundary line running from Hananel Tower to Corner Gate.

And so, I will have pity on Jerusalem. The city will be completely rebuilt, and my temple will stand again.




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