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

And behold, the angel that spoke with me stood by, and another angel went forth to meet him,

And I will be to her, says the Lord, a wall of fire round about, and I will be for a glory in the midst of her.

[even] to Zion; deliver yourselves, you that dwell [with] the daughter of Babylon.

For behold, I bring My hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to them that serve them: and you shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent Me.

And many nations shall flee for refuge to the Lord in that day, and they shall be for a people to Him, and they shall dwell in the midst of you; and you shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent Me to you.

Let all flesh fear before the Lord, for He has risen up from His holy clouds.

And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the weak one among them in that day shall be as David, and the house of David as the house of God, as the Angel of the Lord before them.

And Jacob departed for his journey; and having looked up, he saw the host of God encamped; and the angels of God met him.

And Jacob said, when he saw them, This is the Camp of God; and he called the name of that place, Encampments.

The angel of the Lord will encamp round about them that fear Him, and will deliver them.

For the end, for the sons of Korah; A Psalm concerning secret things. God is our refuge and strength, a help in the afflictions that have come heavily upon us.

Their waters have roared and been troubled, the mountains have been troubled by His might. Pause.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God shall help her with His countenance.

A Song of Degrees. They that trust in the Lord [shall be] as Mount Zion: he that dwells in Jerusalem shall never be moved.

The mountains are round about her, and [so] the Lord is round about His people, from this time forth and forever.

And He shall come, and it shall be with regard to every place in Mount Zion, yea, all the region round about it shall a cloud overshadow by day, and [there shall be] as it were the smoke and light of fire burning by night; and upon all the glory shall be a defense.

In that day they shall sing this song in the land of Judah; Behold a strong city; and He shall make salvation [its] wall and bulwark.

As birds flying, so shall the Lord of hosts defend; He shall defend Jerusalem, and He shall rescue, and save and deliver.

Behold the city of Zion, our refuge; your eyes shall behold Jerusalem, a rich city, tabernacles which shall not be shaken, neither shall the pins of her tabernacle be moved forever, neither shall her cords be at all broken;

For my God is great; the Lord our judge shall not pass me by; the Lord is our prince, the Lord is our king; the Lord, He shall save us.

For you shall not go forth with haste, neither go by flight; for the Lord shall go first in advance of you; and the God of Israel shall be [the] [One] that brings up your rear.

And the Lord shall cry out of Zion, and shall utter His voice from Jerusalem; and the heaven and the earth shall be shaken, but the Lord shall spare His people, and shall strengthen the children of Israel.

And you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who dwells in Zion My holy mountain: and Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall not pass through her anymore.

They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.

And in his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went up against the king of the Assyrians, to the River Euphrates; and Josiah went out to meet him. And Necho killed him in Megiddo when he saw him.

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant [for] three years. And [then] he turned and revolted against him.

For Egypt, against the power of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, who was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim king of Judah:

The words which the Lord spoke by Jeremiah, concerning the coming of the king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt.

And after his years they shall associate; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north, to make agreements with him, but she shall not retain power of arm; neither shall his seed stand: and she shall be delivered up, and they that brought her, and the maiden, and he that strengthened her in these times.

[But] out of the flower of her root there shall arise [one in] his place, and shall come against the host, and shall enter into the strongholds of the king of the north, and shall fight against them, and prevail.

And his sons shall gather a multitude among many. And one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through, and he shall rest, and collect his strength.

And he shall take the multitude, and his heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast down many thousands; but he shall not prevail.

And in those times many shall rise up against the king of the south; and the children of the spoilers of your people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; and they shall fail.

And he that comes in against him shall do according to his will, and there is no one to stand before him; and he shall stand in the land of beauty, and it shall be consumed by his hand.

And [as for] both the kings, their hearts [are set] upon evil, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper; for yet the end is for a [fixed] time.

At the [set] time he shall return, and shall come into the south, but the last [expedition] shall [not] be as the first.

And at the end of the time he shall conflict with the king of the south. And the king of the north shall come against him with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and they shall enter into the land, and he shall break in pieces, and pass on.

And he shall stretch forth [his] hand over the land; and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

But rumors and anxieties out of the east and from the north shall trouble him; and he shall come with great wrath to destroy many.

they shall dwell in the city; and there shall be no more curse, and Jerusalem shall dwell securely.

He shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, and save the children of the needy; and shall bring low the false accuser.

Awake, awake, Zion; put on your strength, O Zion; and put on your glory, O Jerusalem the holy city; for the uncircumcised and unclean shall pass through you no more.

And you shall be built in righteousness; abstain from injustice, and you shall not fear; and trembling shall not come near to you.

And injustice shall no more be heard in your land, nor destruction nor misery in your coasts; but your walls shall be called Salvation, and your gates Sculptured Work.

And they shall come, and shall rejoice in the mount of Zion, and shall come to the good things of the Lord, to a land of wheat, and wine, and fruits, and cattle, and sheep. And their soul shall be as a fruitful tree; and they shall hunger no more.

And there shall no more be in the house of Israel a thorn of bitterness and a pricking briar proceeding from them that are round about them, who dishonored them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Thus says the Lord God: I will also gather Israel from the nations, among whom they have been scattered, and I will be sanctified among them, and before the peoples and nations; and they shall dwell upon their land, which I gave to My servant Jacob.

And I will no more turn away My face from them, because I have poured out My wrath upon the house of Israel, says the Lord God.

And I will plant them on their land, and they shall no more be plucked up from the land which I have given them, says the Lord God Almighty.

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and locked and sealed [it] over him, so that he should deceive the nations no more until the thousand years were finished. [But] after these things he must be released for a short time.

And the Lord said to Moses, I have surely seen the affliction of My people that is in Egypt, and I have heard their cry [caused] by their taskmasters; for I know their affliction.

And now behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have seen the affliction with which the Egyptians afflict them.

If by any means the Lord may look upon my affliction, thus shall He return me good for his cursing this day.

"I have certainly seen the mistreatment of My people in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and I have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt."'