^2:1 And I lifted up my eyes and looked. And behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. ^2:2Then I said, Where do you go? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem. To see what is the breadth of it and what is the length of it.

    ^2:3 And behold, the messenger who talked with me went forth. And another messenger went out to meet him, ^2:4 and said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and cattle in it. ^2:5 For I, says Jehovah, will be to her a wall of fire all around and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

    ^2:6 Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, says Jehovah. For I have spread you^* abroad as the four winds of the heavens, says Jehovah. ^2:7 Ho Zion, escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.

    ^2:8 For Jehovah of hosts says thus: After glory he has sent me to the nations which plundered you^*. For he who touches you^* touches the apple of his eye. ^2:9For, behold, I will shake my hand over them and they will be a spoil to those who served them. And you^* will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me.

    ^2:10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in the midst of you, says Jehovah. ^2:11 And many nations will join themselves to Jehovah in that day and will be my people and I will dwell in the midst of you. And you will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me to you.^2:12 And Jehovah will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will yet choose Jerusalem. ^2:13 Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah, for he has arisen out of his holy dwelling.