2 And I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 So I asked: “Where are you going?”
He replied: “To measure Yerushalom, to see what is her width and what is her length.”
3 And look! the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came to meet him. 4 Then he said to him: “Run over there and tell that young man, ‘“Yerushalom will be inhabited as open rural country, because of all the men and livestock within her. 5 And I will become to her,” declares Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}, “a wall of fire all around, and I will become the glory in her midst.”’”
6 “Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}.
“For I have scattered you to the four winds of the heavens,” declares Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}.
7 “Come, Zion! Make your escape, you who are dwelling with the daughter of Babylon. 8 For this is what Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} of armies says, who after being glorified has sent me to the nations that were plundering you: ‘Whoever touches you touches the pupil of my eye. 9 For now I will wave my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their own slaves.’ And you will certainly know that Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} of armies has sent me.
10 “Shout for joy, O daughter of Zion; for I am coming, and I will reside in your midst,” declares Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}. 11 “Many nations will join themselves to Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} in that day, and they will become my people; and I will reside in your midst.” And you will have to know that Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} of armies has sent me to you. 12 Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} will take possession of Judah as his portion on the holy ground, and he will again choose Yerushalom. 13 Be silent, all flesh, before Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}, for he is taking action from his holy dwelling.