¹Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a ^ameasuring line in his hand. 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.” 3 And behold, the ^aangel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him, 4 and said to him, “Run, speak to that ^ayoung man, saying, ‘^bJerusalem will be inhabited ^1cwithout walls because of the ^dmultitude of men and cattle within it. 5 For I,’ declares the LORD, ‘will be a ^awall of fire ¹around her, and I will be the ^bglory in her midst.’”

6 “¹Ho there! ^aFlee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have ^bdispersed you as the four winds of the heavens,” declares the LORD. 7 “Ho, Zion! ^aEscape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.” 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 ^2bapple of His eye. 9 For behold, I will ^awave My hand over them so that they will be ^bplunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me. 10 ^aSing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will ^bdwell in your midst,” declares the LORD. 11 “^aMany nations will join themselves to the LORD in that day and will become My people. Then I will ^bdwell in your midst, and you will ^cknow that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you. 12 The LORD will ^1apossess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again ^bchoose Jerusalem.

13 “^1aBe silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for He is ^baroused from His holy habitation.”