Then I lifted up my eyes and saw ... a man with a measuring line in his hand.
“ Where are you going ? ” I asked. “ To measure - Jerusalem , ” he replied ... , “ and to determine ... its width ... and length. ”
Then the angel who was speaking went out , and another angel came out to meet him
and said to him , “ Run and tell ... that ... young man : ‘ Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
For I will be a wall of fire around it , declares the LORD , and I will be the glory within it. ’”
“ Get up ! Get up ! Flee from the land of the north , ” declares the LORD , “ for I have scattered - you like the four winds of heaven , ” declares the LORD.
“ Get up , O Zion ! Escape , you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon ! ”
For this is what the LORD of Hosts ... says : “ After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you — - for whoever touches touches the apple of His eye —
- I will surely wave - My hand over them , so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me. ”
“ Shout for joy and be glad , O Daughter of Zion , for ... I am coming to dwell among you , ” declares the LORD.
“ On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD , and they will become people. I will dwell among you , and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.
And the LORD - will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land , and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
Be silent before the LORD , all people , for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling. ”