1 Then I looked up and saw a man.In his hand was a measuring line.
2 I said, "Where are you going?"He said to me,"To measure Jerusalem to see how wide and long it will be."
3 As I watched, the messenger speaking with me went ahead and another messenger came to meet him.
4 He said to him,"Run! Say to this young man:Jerusalem will be inhabited like open fieldsbecause of the throngs of people and cattle inside it.
5 But I will be a wall of fire around it, says the Lord, and I will be glorious inside it.
6 Look out; look out! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord, for I will scatter you like the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.
7 Look out, Zion.Flee, you who dwell with Daughter Babylon!
8 The Lord of heavenly forces proclaims (after his glory sent me)concerning the nations plundering you:Those who strike you strike the pupil of my eye.
9 But look, I am about to raise my hand against them;they will become prey to their own slaves,so you will know that the Lord of heavenly forces sent me.
10 Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Zion,because I am about to come and dwell among you, says the Lord.
11 Many nations will be joined to the Lord on that day.They will become my people,and I will dwell among youso you will know that the Lord of heavenly forces sent me to you."
12 The Lord will possess Judah as his inheritance upon the holy land;he will again choose Jerusalem.
13 Be silent, everyone, in the Lord’spresence, because he has moved from his holy habitation!