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." |