1 I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

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

2 T hen I asked, “Where are you going?” He said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

Then I said, Where goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length.

3 B ehold, the angel who talked with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him,

And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him

4 a nd 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.

and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls for the multitude of men and beasts in the midst of her:

5 F or I,’ says Yahweh, ‘will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the middle of her.

For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about and will be the glory in the midst of her.

6 C ome! Come! Flee from the land of the north,’ says Yahweh; ‘for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,’ says Yahweh.

¶ Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD, for I have spread you abroad by the four winds of the heavens, saith the LORD.

7 ‘ Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.’

O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon, thou must escape.

8 F or Yahweh 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.

For thus hath the LORD of the hosts said; After the glory he shall send me unto the Gentiles which spoiled you, for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye.

9 F or, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they will be a plunder to those who served them; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me.

For, behold, I raise my hand regarding them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants; and ye shall know that the LORD of the hosts has sent me.

10 S ing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell within you,’ says Yahweh.

¶ Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, said the LORD.

11 M any nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell among you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.

And many Gentiles shall join themselves unto the LORD in that day and shall be my people, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and then thou shalt know that the LORD of the hosts has sent me unto thee.

12 Y ahweh will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.

And the LORD shall possess Judah his portion in the holy land and shall still choose Jerusalem.

13 B e silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!”

Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD, for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.