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Zechariah 2:1-4 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

1. And I looked up and I saw, and look, a man, and in his hand was a measuring rope!

2. And I asked, “Where are you going?” And he answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to see what is its width and what is its length.”

3. And look, the angel who was talking to me was coming forward, and another angel was coming forward to meet him.

4. And he said to him, “Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited like villages without walls because of the multitude of people and animals in its midst.