Third Vision: Surveyor

2 r I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 I asked, “Where are you going?”

He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length.”

3 Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him. 4 He said to him, “Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and livestock in it.” s 5 The declaration of the Lord: “I will be a wall t of fire around it, and I will be the glory within it.”

6 “Get up! Leave the land of the north” u—this is the Lord’s declaration—“for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven”—this is the Lord’s declaration. 7 “Go, * Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon.” 8 For the Lord of * Hosts says this: “He has sent Me v for His glory against the nations who are plundering you, for anyone who touches you touches the pupil w of His x eye. 9 I will move against them with My y power, and they will become plunder for their own servants. z Then you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me. a

10 “Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you”—this is the Lord’s declaration. 11 “Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become My b people. c I will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me d to you. 12 The Lord will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem. e 13 Let all people be silent f before the Lord, for He is coming from His holy dwelling.”