2:1 Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a man appeared with a measuring line in his hand. |
2:2 So I said, "Where do you intend to go?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see its width and its length." |
2:3 And behold, the angel who spoke with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him, |
2:4 and said to him, "Run, speak to that young man, saying, ' Jerusalem will receive new inhabitants without walls because of the multitude of men and cattle within it. |
2:5 'For I,' declares the LORD, 'will provide a wall of fire around her, and I will serve as 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 live 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 become plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me. |
2:10 " Sing for joy and feel glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I come 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 " Keep silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for He has aroused Himself from His holy habitation." |