2:1  Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, {there was} a man with a measuring line in his hand.

2:2  So I said, "Where are you going? And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is.""

2:3  And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him,

2:4  and said to him, "Run, speak to that young man, saying, `Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the multitude of men and cattle within it.

2:5  `For I,' declares the LORD, `will be a wall of fire around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.'"

2:6  "Ho there! Flee from the land of the north, declares the LORD, "for I have dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens," declares the LORD."

2:7  "Ho, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon."

2:8  For thus says the LORD of hosts, "After glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.

2:9  "For behold, I will wave My hand over them so that they will be plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me.

2:10  "Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD."

2:11  "Many nations will join themselves to the LORD in that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you.

2:12  "The LORD will possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.

2:13  "Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for He is aroused from His holy habitation."