[1] Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. [2] So 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] And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him, [4] who 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] For I,' says the LORD, 'will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.'" [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] For 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] For 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] And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem. [13] Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for He is aroused from His holy habitation!"
