[1] And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw a man with a measuring cord in his hand. [2] And I said, "Where are you going?" And he responded, "To measure Jerusalem and to note what is its width and length." [3] Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and then another angel came out to meet him, [4] and said to him, "Run, say to this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and animals in her. [5] And I will be like a wall of fire all around her, says the LORD, and I will be as glory in her midst." [6] Up, up, flee from the northern land, says the LORD, for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven, says the LORD. [7] Deliver yourself, O Zion, you who live with the daughter of Babylon. [8] For thus says the LORD of Hosts: He has sent Me after glory to the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye. [9] For I will swing My hand against them, and they will become plunder for their servants. Then you will know well that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me. [10] Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for I am coming and will dwell in your midst, says the LORD. [11] And many nations will join themselves with the LORD in that day, and they will be My people. And I will reside in your midst, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. [12] And the LORD will possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and He will again choose Jerusalem. [13] Be still, all flesh before the LORD, for He is stirred from His holy habitation.
