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First Reading for Saturday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time I

Zechariah 2:5-9, 14-15a

Summary: Zechariah saw a man measuring Jerusalem, and God promised to be its protection and glory. The Lord will come to dwell in Jerusalem, and many nations will join him as his people.

The Vision of Jerusalem’s Future Glory

I, Zechariah, raised my eyes and looked: there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. I asked, “Where are you going?” He answered, “To measure Jerusalem, to see how great is its width and how great its length.”

Then the angel who spoke with me advanced, and another angel came out to meet him and said to him, “Run, tell this to that young man: People will live in Jerusalem as though in open country because of the multitude of men and beasts in her midst. But I will be for her an encircling wall of fire, says the LORD, and I will be the glory in her midst.”

Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion! See, I am coming to dwell among you, says the LORD. Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they shall be his people and he will dwell among you.

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