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Zechariah 1:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Therefore, this is what the Lord says: In mercy, I have returned to Jerusalem; my house will be rebuilt within it #– #this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies #– #and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.

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The Lord says this: ‘I will return to Zion and live in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City;  the mountain of the Lord of Armies will be called the Holy Mountain.’


‘Zerubbabel’s hands have laid the foundation of this house,  and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you.


As the man went out east with a measuring line in his hand,  he measured off five hundred and thirty metres  and led me through the water. It came up to my ankles.


He brought me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze,  with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.  He was standing by the city gate.


Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?


The Lord roused the spirit  of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the spirit of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. They began work on the house of the Lord of Armies, their God,


The perimeter of the city will be 9.6 kilometres,  and the name of the city from that day on will be The Lord Is There.’


Eagle owls  and herons  will possess it, and long-eared owls and ravens will dwell there. The Lord will stretch out a measuring line and a plumb line  over her for her destruction and chaos.


On that day you will say: ‘I will give thanks to you, Lord, although you were angry with me. Your anger has turned away, and you have comforted me.


He said to him, ‘Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and animals in it.’


I will strengthen the house of Judah and deliver the house of Joseph. I will restore   them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had never rejected them. For I am the Lord  their God, and I will answer them.


This is what the Lord says: I will certainly restore the fortunes  of Jacob’s tents and show compassion  on his dwellings. Every city will be rebuilt on its mound; every citadel will stand on its proper site.


The declaration of the Lord: ‘I myself will be a wall  of fire round it, and I will be the glory within it.’


‘Listen! Listen! Flee from the land of the north’   #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.





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