1 T hen I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, 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 what is its width and what is its length.”

3 A nd there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him,

4 w ho said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying: ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.

5 F or I,’ says the Lord, ‘will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’” Future Joy of Zion and Many Nations

6 “ Up, up! Flee from the land of the north,” says the Lord; “for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the Lord.

7 “ Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”

8 F or thus says the Lord of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye.

9 F or surely I will shake My hand against them, and they shall become spoil for their servants. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.

10 “ Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” says the Lord.

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

12 A nd the Lord will take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem.

13 B e silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for He is aroused from His holy habitation!”