[1] Then I looked up and saw a man. In his hand was a measuring line. [2] I said, “Where are you going?” He said to me, “To measure Jerusalem to see how wide and long it will be.” [3] As I watched, the messenger speaking with me went ahead and another messenger came to meet him. [4] He said to him, “Run! Say to this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited like open fields because of the throngs of people and cattle inside it. [5] But I will be a wall of fire around it, says the LORD, and I will be glorious inside it. [6] Look out; look out! Flee from the land of the north, says the LORD, for I will scatter you like the four winds of heaven, says the LORD. [7] Look out, Zion. Flee, you who dwell with Daughter Babylon! [8] The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims (after his glory sent me) concerning the nations plundering you: Those who strike you strike the pupil of my eye. [9] But look, I am about to raise my hand against them; they will become prey to their own slaves, so you will know that the LORD of heavenly forces sent me. [10] Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Zion, because I am about to come and dwell among you, says the LORD. [11] Many nations will be joined to the LORD on that day. They will become my people, and I will dwell among you so you will know that the LORD of heavenly forces sent me to you.” [12] The LORD will possess Judah as his inheritance upon the holy land; he will again choose Jerusalem. [13] Be silent, everyone, in the LORD’s presence, because he has moved from his holy habitation!
