[1] Then I looked up and saw a man holding a line 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 talking with me left, and another angel came out to meet him. [4] The second angel said to him, "Run and tell that young man, 'Jerusalem will become a city without walls, because there will be so many people and cattle in it. [5] I will be a wall of fire around it,' says the LORD. 'And I will be the glory within it.' [6] "Oh no! Oh no! Run away from Babylon, because I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven," says the LORD. [7] "Oh no, Jerusalem! Escape, you who live right in Babylon." [8] This is what the LORD All-Powerful says: "After he has honored me and sent me against the nations who took your possessions-because whoever touches you hurts what is precious to me- [9] I will shake my hand against them so that their slaves will rob them." Then you will know that the LORD All-Powerful sent me. [10] "Shout and be glad, Jerusalem. I am coming, and I will live among you," says the LORD. [11] "At that time people from many nations will join with the LORD and will become my people. Then I will live among you, and you will know that the LORD All-Powerful has sent me to you. [12] The LORD will take Judah as his own part of the holy land, and Jerusalem will be his chosen city again. [13] Be silent, everyone, in the presence of the LORD. He is coming out of the holy place where he lives."
