Berean Standard Bible
- 1 Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
- 2 "Where are you going?" I asked. "To measure Jerusalem," he replied, "and to determine its width and length."
- 3 Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him
- 4 and said to him, "Run and tell that young man: 'Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
- 5 For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares Yahweh, and I will be the glory within it.'"
- 6 "Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north," declares Yahweh, "for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven," declares Yahweh.
- 7 "Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!"
- 8 For this is what Yahweh of Hosts says: "After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you-for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye-
- 9 I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that Yahweh of Hosts has sent Me."
- 10 "Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you," declares Yahweh.
- 11 "On that day many nations will join themselves to Yahweh, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that Yahweh of Hosts has sent Me to you.
- 12 And Yahweh will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
- 13 Be silent before Yahweh, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling."
