³While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him ⁴and said to him: “Run, tell that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls^t because of the great number^u of people and animals in it.^v ⁵And I myself will be a wall^w of fire^x around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory^y within.’^z

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Footnotes

aIn Hebrew texts 2:1–13 is numbered 2:5–17.

Cross references

sSee Eze 40:3; See Zec 1:16; Rev 21:15
tSee Eze 38:11
uSee Isa 49:20; See Jer 30:19; See 33:22
v Zec 14:11
wSee Isa 26:1; Eze 42:20
xSee Isa 10:17
ySee Ps 85:9; See Isa 11:10; See 24:23; Rev 21:23
zSee Ps 46:5; See Ps 125:2; See Eze 38:14

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand! Then I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.” And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him and said to him, “Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of people and livestock in it. And I will be to her a wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, and I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

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

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

NLTNew Living Translation

When I looked again, I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. “Where are you going?” I asked.

He replied, “I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.”

Then the angel who was with me went to meet a second angel who was coming toward him. The other angel said, “Hurry, and say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem will someday be so full of people and livestock that there won’t be room enough for everyone! Many will live outside the city walls. Then I, myself, will be a protective wall of fire around Jerusalem, says the Lord. And I will be the glory inside the city!’ ”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I looked up and I saw, and look, a man, and in his hand was a measuring rope! And I asked, “Where are you going?” And he answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to see what is its width and what is its length.” And look, the angel who was talking to me was coming forward, and another angel was coming forward to meet him. And he said to him, “Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited like villages without walls because of the multitude of people and animals in its midst. And I will be for it a wall of fire all around,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and I will be the glory in its midst.’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. Then 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. And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying,

Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls

For the multitude of men and cattle therein:

For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about,

And will be the glory in the midst of her.

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