[1] Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, there was 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 how wide it is and how long it is.” [3] And behold, the angel who had been speaking with me was going out, and another angel was going out to meet him. [4] And he said to him, “Run, speak to that young man there, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited as open country because of the multitude of people and cattle within it. [5] But I,’ declares the Lord, ‘will be a wall of fire to her on all sides, and I will be the glory in her midst.’” [6] “You there! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “because I have spread you out like the four winds of the heavens,” declares the Lord. [7] “You, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.” [8] For the Lord of armies says this: “After glory He has sent me against the nations that plunder you, for the one who touches you, touches the apple of His eye. [9] For behold, I am going to wave My hand over them so that they will be plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the Lord of armies has sent Me. [10] Shout for joy and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” declares the Lord. [11] “And many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the Lord of armies has sent Me to you. [12] And the Lord will possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem. [13] “Be silent, all mankind, before the Lord; for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
