1 T hen I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.

2 S o I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is.”

3 A nd behold, the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him,

4 a nd said to him, “Run, speak to that young man, saying, ‘ Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the multitude of men and cattle within it.

5 F or I,’ declares the Lord, ‘will be a wall of fire around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”

6 “ Ho there! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens,” declares the Lord.

7 “ Ho, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.”

8 F or thus says the Lord of hosts, “After glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.

9 F or behold, I will wave My hand over them so that they will be plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.

10 S ing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” declares the Lord.

11 “ Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.

12 T he Lord will possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.

13 “ Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord; for He is aroused from His holy habitation.”