1 Then I looked up and saw a man holding a rope for measuring things.
2 I asked him, “Where are you going?” He said to me, “I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.”
3 Then the angel who was speaking to me left, and another angel went out to talk to him.
4 He said to him, “Run and tell that young man this: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls, because there will be too many people and animals living there.’
5 The Lord says, ‘I will be a wall of fire around her, to protect her, and to bring glory to that city, I will live there.’” The Lord says,
6 “Hurry! Leave the land in the North in a hurry. Yes, it is true that I scattered your people in every direction.
7 You people from Zion now live in Babylon. Escape! Run away from that city!”
8 The Lord sent me to the nations that took away your wealth. He sent me to bring you honor. And this is what the Lord All-Powerful said: “If anyone even touches you, it is as if they did it to the pupil of my eye.
9 Watch and see how I will punish them: Their own slaves will become their masters and take all their wealth.” Then you will know it was the Lord All-Powerful who sent me to tell you these things.
10 The Lord says, “Zion, be happy, because I am coming, and I will live in your city.
11 At that time people from many nations will come to me. They will become my people, and I will live in your city.” Then you will know it was the Lord All-Powerful who sent me to tell you these things.
12 The Lord will again choose Jerusalem to be his special city. Judah will be his share of the holy land.