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1And I looked up and I saw, and look, a man, and in his hand was a measuring rope![#Literally “lifted up my eyes”]
2And I asked, “Where are you going?” And he answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to see what is its width and what is its length.”
3And look, the angel who was talking to me was coming forward, and another angel was coming forward to meet him.
4And he said to him, “Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited like villages without walls because of the multitude of people and animals in its midst.[#Literally “like open regions”]
5And I will be for it a wall of fire all around,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and I will be the glory in its midst.’ ”[#Literally “a declaration of”]
6“Woe! Woe! Flee from the land of the north,” declares Yahweh, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of the heavens,” declares Yahweh.[#Literally “a declaration of”; #Literally “a declaration of”]
7“Woe, Zion! Escape, you inhabitants of the daughter of Babylon!”
8For thus said Yahweh of hosts, after glory he sent me against the nations plundering you: Truly, the one touching you is touching the apple of his eye.[#The phrase “after glory” is difficult to interpret; #Hebrew “pupil,” but the expression “apple of his eye” has become well-established in English]
9“Yes, look! I am going to wave my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their servants, and you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me.
10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for look, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” declares Yahweh.[#Literally “a declaration of”]
11“Many nations will join themselves to Yahweh on that day, and they will be my people, and I will dwell in your midst. And you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you.
12And Yahweh will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and he will again choose Jerusalem.[#Literally “upon the land of the holiness”]
13Be silent, all people, before Yahweh, for he is roused from his holy dwelling.”[#Literally “all flesh”; #Literally “the dwelling place of his holiness”]