[1] And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line
in his hand! [2] Then I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To
measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length." [3]
And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel
came forward to meet him, [4] and said to him, "Run, say to that young man,
`Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the
multitude of men and cattle in it. [5] For I will be to her a wall of fire
round about, says the LORD, and I will be the glory within her.'" [6] Ho!
ho! Flee from the land of the north, says the LORD; for I have spread you
abroad as the four winds of the heavens, says the LORD. [7] Ho! Escape to
Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. [8] For thus said the
LORD of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you,
for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye: [9] "Behold, I will
shake my hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served
them. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me. [10] Sing and
rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for lo, I come and I will dwell in the midst
of you, says the LORD. [11] And many nations shall join themselves to the
LORD in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of
you, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. [12] And
the LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again
choose Jerusalem." [13] Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for he has
roused himself from his holy dwelling.
