1 I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring
line in his hand. 2 Then I asked, “Where are you going?”
He said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is
its length.”
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 will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the
multitude of men and cattle in it. 5 For I,’ says Yahweh, ‘will be to her
a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.
6 Come! Come! 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 ‘Come,
Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.’ 8 For thus says
Yahweh of hosts: ‘For honor he has 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 will be a spoil to those who served
them; and you will 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 will
inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose
Jerusalem. 13 Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he has roused
himself from his holy habitation!”
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