The Vision of the Measuring Line

¹ Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

² “Where are you going?” I asked.

“To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”

³ Then the angel who was speaking with me went forth, and another angel came forward to meet him ⁴ 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. ⁵ For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”

The Redemption of Zion

⁶ “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. ⁷ “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”

⁸ 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 you touches the apple of His eye — ⁹ 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.”

¹⁰ “Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD. ¹¹ “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. ¹² And the LORD will take possession^* of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land,^* and He will once again choose Jerusalem. ¹³ Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”