1 This time I saw someone holding a measuring line,
2 and I asked, “Where are you going?”“To measure Jerusalem,” was the answer. “To find out how wide and long it is.”
3 The angel who had spoken to me was leaving, when another angel came up to him
4 and said, “Hurry! Tell that man with the measuring line that Jerusalem won't have any boundaries. It will be too full of people and animals even to have a wall.
5 The Lord himself has promised to be a protective wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem, and he will be its shining glory in the heart of the city.”
6 The Lord says to his people, “Run! Escape from the land in the north, where I scattered you to the four winds.