1I lifted my eyes and saw a man, and in his hand a cord of measure.2I asked him, Where are you going? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is.3Then the messenger who was speaking with me came out, and another messenger came out to meet him.4He said to him, "Run, speak to this young man, saying, 'Jerusalem will dwell as villages because of the abundance of man and animal in her midst.'"5I myself will be a wall of fire around her, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory in her midst.6Woe! Flee from the land of the north, declares the LORD, for like the four winds of the heavens I have spread you out, declares the LORD.7Woe, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.8For thus says the LORD of Hosts: After glory he sent me to the nations that plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye—9behold, I will wave my hand over them, and they will become plunder for their servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me.10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD.11Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day and will become my people, and I will dwell in your midst. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you.12The LORD will take Judah as his portion upon the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem.13Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for he has roused himself from his holy habitation.