[1] Then I looked up and saw a man holding a rope for measuring things. [2] I asked him, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is." [3] Then the angel who was speaking to me left, and another angel went out to talk to him. [4] He said to him, "Run and tell that young man this: 'Jerusalem will be a city without walls, because there will be too many people and animals living there.' [5] The LORD says, 'I will be a wall of fire around her, to protect her, and to bring glory to that city, I will live there.'" The LORD says, [6] "Hurry! Leave the land in the North in a hurry. Yes, it is true that I scattered your people in every direction. [7] You people from Zion now live in Babylon. Escape! Run away from that city!" [8] The Lord sent me to the nations that took away your wealth. He sent me to bring you honor. And this is what the LORD All-Powerful said: "If anyone even touches you, it is as if they did it to the pupil of my eye. [9] Watch and see how I will punish them: Their own slaves will become their masters and take all their wealth." Then you will know it was the LORD All-Powerful who sent me to tell you these things. [10] The LORD says, "Zion, be happy, because I am coming, and I will live in your city. [11] At that time people from many nations will come to me. They will become my people, and I will live in your city." Then you will know it was the LORD All-Powerful who sent me to tell you these things. [12] The LORD will again choose Jerusalem to be his special city. Judah will be his share of the holy land. [13] Everyone, be quiet! The LORD is coming out of his holy house.
