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A Man With a Measuring Line
Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Vision of the Measuring Line
Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
I asked, “Where are you going?”
He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.”
He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.”
So I said, “Where are you going?”
And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”
And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”
While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him
And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him,
and said to him: “Run, tell that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of people and animals in it.
who said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying: ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.
And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory within.’
For I,’ says the Lord, ‘will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”
“Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,” declares the Lord.
Future Joy of Zion and Many Nations
“Up, up! Flee from the land of the north,” says the Lord; “for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the Lord.
“Up, up! Flee from the land of the north,” says the Lord; “for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the Lord.
“Come, Zion! Escape, you who live in Daughter Babylon!”
“Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”
For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you — for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye —
“Shout and be glad, Daughter Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you,” declares the Lord.
“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” says the Lord.
“Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people. I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.
“Many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and they shall become My people. And I will dwell in your midst. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.
The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem.
And the Lord will take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem.