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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.
“Where are you going?” I asked.
He replied, “I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.”
He replied, “I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see 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.”
Then the angel who was with me went to meet a second angel who was coming toward him.
And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him,
The other angel said, “Hurry, and say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem will someday be so full of people and livestock that there won’t be room enough for everyone! Many will live outside the city walls.
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.
Then I, myself, will be a protective wall of fire around Jerusalem, says the LORD. And I will be the glory inside the city!’”
For I,’ says the Lord, ‘will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”
The Exiles Are Called Home
The LORD says, “Come away! Flee from Babylon in the land of the north, for I have scattered you to the four winds.
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 away, people of Zion, you who are exiled in Babylon!”
“Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”
I will raise my fist to crush them, and their own slaves will plunder them.” Then you will know that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has sent me.
“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 join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies 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 land of Judah will be the LORD’s special possession in the holy land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem to be his own city.
And the Lord will take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem.