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A Man With a Measuring Line

^[a]Then I looked up, and there before me was 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."^(a)

While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him

and said to him: "Run, tell that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls^(b) because of the great number^(c) of people and animals in it.^(d)

And I myself will be a wall^(e) of fire^(f) around it,' declares the Lord , ‘and I will be its glory^(g) within.'^(h)

"Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north," declares the Lord , "for I have scattered⁽ⁱ⁾ you to the four winds of heaven,"^(j) declares the Lord .^(k)

"Come, Zion! Escape,^(l) you who live in Daughter Babylon!"^(m)

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⁽ⁿ⁾—

I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.^[b](o) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.^(p)

"Shout^(q) and be glad, Daughter Zion.^(r) For I am coming,^(s) and I will live among you,"^(t) declares the Lord .^(u)

"Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people.^(v) I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.^(w)

The Lord will inherit^(x) Judah^(y) as his portion in the holy land and will again choose^(z) Jerusalem.

Be still^(aa) before the Lord , all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.^(ab)"