A Vision of a Man with a Measuring Line

¹1 And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, oa man with a measuring line in his hand! ²Then I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, p“To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.” ³And behold, qthe angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him ⁴and said to him, “Run, say to that young man, r‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited sas villages without walls, because of tthe multitude of people and livestock in it. ⁵And I will be to her ua wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”

⁶Up! Up! vFlee from the land of the north, declares the Lord. For I have wspread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the Lord. ⁷xUp! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. ⁸For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me2 to the nations who plundered you, yfor he who touches you touches zthe apple of his eye: ⁹“Behold, aI will shake my hand over them, band they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then cyou will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me. ¹⁰dSing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for ebehold, I come fand I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord. ¹¹gAnd many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. fAnd I will dwell in your midst, and cyou shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. ¹²hAnd the Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again ichoose Jerusalem.”

¹³Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.