Dual Panel1I looked up and saw a man carrying a measuring line.
2I asked him where he was going. “To measure Jerusalem and discover its breadth and length,” he replied.
3Then, as the angel who talked with me was going away, another angel came out to meet him
4and said, “Run to the young man there and tell him that Jerusalem will be without walls, so numerous will be the people and cattle in it.
5I myself shall be a wall of fire all round it, says the LORD, and a glorious presence within it.”
6Away, away! Flee from the land of the north, says the LORD, for I have dispersed you to the four winds of heaven, says the LORD.
7Away! Escape, you people of Zion who live in Babylon.
8These are the words of the LORD of Hosts, spoken when he sent me on a glorious mission to the nations who have plundered you, for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye:
9I shall brandish my hand against them, and they will be plunder for those they enslaved. You will then know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me.
10Shout aloud and rejoice, daughter of Zion! I am coming, I shall make my dwelling among you, says the LORD.
11Many nations will give their allegiance to the LORD on that day and become his people, and he will dwell in your midst. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you.
12The LORD will claim Judah as his own portion in the holy land, and once again make Jerusalem the city of his choice.
13Let all mortals be silent in the presence of the LORD! For he has bestirred himself and come out from his holy dwelling-place.