God’s Favor to Zion

^1[a]Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. ² So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is.” ³ And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him, ⁴ and said to him, “Run, speak to that young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited ^[b]without walls because of the multitude of men and cattle within it. ⁵ For I,’ declares the Lord, ‘will be a wall of fire ^[c]around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”

⁶ “^[d]Ho there! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens,” declares the Lord. ⁷ “Ho, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.” ⁸ For thus says the Lord of hosts, “After ^[e]glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the ^[f]apple of His eye. ⁹ For behold, I will wave My hand over them so that they will be plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me. ¹⁰ Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” declares the Lord. ¹¹ “Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you. ¹² The Lord will ^[g]possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.

¹³ “^[h]Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord; for He is aroused from His holy habitation.”