[1] I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring line
in his hand. [2] Then said I, Where go you? He said to me, To measure
Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it.
[3] Behold, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another angel went
out to meet him, [4] and said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying,
Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, by reason of the
multitude of men and cattle therein. [5] For I, says Yahweh, will be to her
a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.
[6] Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, says Yahweh; for I have spread
you abroad as the four winds of the sky, says Yahweh. [7] Ho Zion, escape,
you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. [8] For thus says Yahweh of
hosts: After glory has he sent me to the nations which plundered you; for
he who touches you touches the apple of his eye. [9] For, behold, I will
shake my hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those who served
them; and you shall know that Yahweh of Hosts has sent me. [10] Sing and
rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the
midst of you, says Yahweh. [11] Many nations shall join themselves to
Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst
of you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Hosts has sent me to you. [12]
Yahweh shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall yet
choose Jerusalem. [13] Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he is waked
up out of his holy habitation.