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Zechariah (Douay: Zacharias) 2
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1 I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2 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.”
3 Behold, the angel who talked with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him,
4 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.
5 For I,’ says the LORD, ‘will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the middle of her.
6 Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,’ says the LORD; ‘for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,’ says the LORD.
7 ‘Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.’
8 For the LORD 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.
9 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 the LORD of Armies has sent me.
10 Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion! For behold, I come and I will dwell within you,’ says the LORD.
11 Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell among you, and you shall know that the LORD of Armies has sent me to you.
12 The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.
13 Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!”
1 And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold a man, with a measuring line in his hand.
2 And I said: Whither goest thou? and he said to me: To measure Jerusalem, and to see how great is the breadth thereof, and how great the length thereof.
3 And behold the angel that spoke in me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him.
4 And he said to him: Run, speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls, by reason of the multitude of men, and of the beasts in the midst thereof.
5 And I will be to it, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about: and I will be in glory in the midst thereof.
6 O, O flee ye out of the land of the north, saith the Lord, for I have scattered you into the four winds of heaven, saith the Lord.
7 O Sion, flee, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon:
8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts: After the glory he hath sent me to the nations that have robbed you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of my eye:
9 For behold, I lift up my hand upon them, and they shall be a prey to those that served them: and you shall know that the Lord of hosts sent me.
10 Sing praise, and rejoice, O daughter of Sion: for behold I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee: saith the Lord.
11 And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and they 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 to thee.
12 And the Lord shall possess Juda his portion in the sanctified land: and he shall yet choose Jerusalem.
13 Let all flesh be silent at the presence of the Lord: for he is risen up out of his holy habitation.
This chapter in the Catechism and the early Church
Where the Catechism of the Catholic Church cites these verses (from its footnotes on vatican.va), and where the earliest Church Fathers quote them (Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, public domain). Short quotes only; follow the links for the full text. The Catechism uses modern verse numbers, so these are listed by chapter.
- Zechariah (Douay: Zacharias) 2:8 in modern Bibles
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“… and pour no ridicule on the Son of God; obey not the Pharisaic teachers, and scoff not at the King of Israel, as the rulers of your synagogues teach you to do after your prayers: for if he that touches those who are not pleasing”
Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter CXXXVII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
- Zechariah (Douay: Zacharias) 2:10 in modern Bibles
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“Behold, is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?' ”
Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter CXV. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
- Zechariah (Douay: Zacharias) 2:11 in modern Bibles
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“Behold, is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?' ”
Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter CXV. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
“… to death, we flourished as another people, and shot forth as new and prosperous corn; as the prophets said, And many nations shall betake themselves to the Lord in that day for a people: and they shall dwell in the midst of all the earth.”
Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter CXIX. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
- Zechariah (Douay: Zacharias) 2:12 in modern Bibles
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“Behold, is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?' ”
Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter CXV. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
- Zechariah (Douay: Zacharias) 2:13 in modern BiblesCCC 2143
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- CCC 2143 “Among all the words of Revelation, there is one which is unique: the revealed name of God. God confides his name to…”
“Behold, is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?' ”
Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter CXV. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
- Zechariah (Douay: Zacharias) 2:14 in modern BiblesCCC 722
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- CCC 722 “The Holy Spirit prepared Mary by his grace. It was fitting that the mother of him in whom "the whole fullness of…”