[1] Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. [2] “Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.” [3] Then the angel who was speaking with me went forth, and another angel came forward to meet him [4] and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it. [5] For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’” [6] “Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD. [7] “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!” [8] For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you — for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye — [9] I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.” [10] “Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD. [11] “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. [12] And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem. [13] Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
