1And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
3And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
4and said unto 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.
5For I, saith Yahweh, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.
6Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith Yahweh; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, saith Yahweh.
7Ho Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
8For thus saith Yahweh-tzvaot: After glory hath he sent me unto the nations which plundered you; for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
9For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those that served them; and ye shall know that Yahweh-tzvaot hath sent me.
10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith Yahweh.
11And many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Yahweh-tzvaot has sent me unto thee.
12And Yahweh shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
13Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he is waked up out of his holy habitation.