[1] I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. [2] I asked, "Where are you going?" He answered me, "To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length." [3] Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him. [4] He said to him, "Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and animals in it." [5] The declaration of the LORD: "I myself will be a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory within it." [6] "Listen! Listen! Flee from the land of the north"-this is the LORD's declaration-"for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven"-this is the LORD's declaration. [7] "Listen, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon." [8] For the LORD of Armies says this: "In pursuit of his glory, he sent me against the nations plundering you, for whoever touches you touches the pupil of my eye. [9] For look, I am raising my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Armies has sent me. [10] "Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you"-this is the LORD's declaration. [11] "Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day and become my people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Armies has sent me to you. [12] The LORD will take possession of Judah as his portion in the Holy Land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem. [13] Let all humanity be silent before the LORD, for from his holy dwelling he has roused himself."
