And I looked up, and saw a man with a ameasuring line in his hand.Jer 31:39; Ezek 40:3; 47:3; Zech 1:16 2 So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To ameasure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is.”Jer 31:39; Ezek 40:3; Rev 21:15-17 3 And behold, the aangel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him,Zech 1:9 4 and he said to the second angel, “Run, speak to that ayoung man, saying, ‘bJerusalem will be inhabited like villages cwithout walls spreading out into the open country because of the dgreat number of people and livestock in it.Jer 1:6; Dan 1:4; 1 Tim 4:12Zech 1:17; 8:4Ezek 38:11Is 49:20; Jer 30:19; 33:22 5 For I,’ declares the LORD, ‘will be a awall of fire around her protecting her from enemies, and I will be the bglory in her midst.’”Is 4:5; 26:1; 60:18Hag 2:9; Zech 2:10, 11
6 “1Hear this! aFlee from Babylon the land of the north which shall come under judgment,” declares the LORD, “for I have bscattered you like the four winds of the heavens,” declares the LORD.Lit Hoy, hoy, also v 7, an exclamation of impending disaster.Jer 3:18Jer 31:10; Ezek 11:16 7 “Hear, Zion ! aEscape, 1you who are living with the daughter of Babylon!”Those Jews who voluntarily remained in exile in Babylon after the decree of Cyrus in 538 B.C. were considered adulterers because of their relationship with the Gentiles.Is 48:20; Jer 51:6 8 For thus says the LORD of hosts, “After 1aglory He has sent Me against the nations which plunder you—for he who touches you, touches the bapple of His eye.I.e. the Messiah’s first and second advents, Matt 25:31-46.Is 60:7-9Deut 32:10; Ps 17:8 9 Behold, I will awave my hand over them and they shall become bplunder for their own slaves. Then you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me.Is 19:16Is 14:2 10 aSing for joy and rejoice, O Daughter of Zion; for behold, I am coming, and I will bdwell in your midst,” declares the LORD.Is 65:18, 19; Zech 9:9Zech 2:5; 8:3 11 “aMany nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day and shall be My people. And I will bdwell in your midst, and you shall cknow that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you. Is 2:3; Mic 4:2Mic 4:2Zech 2:5, 10Zech 2:9 12 The LORD will atake possession of Judah as His portion in the holy land and will again bchoose Jerusalem.Deut 32:9; Ps 33:12; Jer 10:162 Chr 6:6; Ps 132:13, 14; Zech 1:17
13 “aBe still before the LORD, all mankind; for He is broused from His holy habitation in response to His persecuted people.” Hab 2:20; Zeph 1:7Hab 2:20; Zeph 1:7Ps 78:65; Is 51:9