1 - And I lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a man, and in his hand a measuring line.
2 - And I say, `Whither are thou going?' And he saith unto me, `To measure Jerusalem, to see how much <FI>is<Fi> its breadth, and how much its length.'
3 - And lo, the messenger who is speaking with me is going out, and another messenger is going out to meet him,
4 - and he saith unto him, `Run, speak unto this young man, saying: Unwalled villages inhabit doth Jerusalem, From the abundance of man and beast in her midst.
5 - And I--I am to her--an affirmation of Jehovah, A wall of fire round about, And for honour I am in her midst.
6 - Ho, ho, and flee from the land of the north, An affirmation of Jehovah, For, as the four winds of the heavens, I have spread you abroad, An affirmation of Jehovah.
7 - Ho, Zion, be delivered who art dwelling <FI>with<Fi> the daughter of Babylon.
8 - For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: After honour He hath sent me unto the nations who are spoiling you, For he who is coming against you, Is coming against the daughter of His eye.
9 - For lo, I am waving my hand against them, And they have been a spoil to their servants. And ye have known that Jehovah of Hosts hath sent me.
10 - Singe, and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, For lo, I am coming, and have dwelt in thy midst, An affirmation of Jehovah.
11 - And joined have been many nations unto Jehovah in that day, And they have been to Me for a people, And I have dwelt in thy midst, And thou hast known that Jehovah of Hosts hath sent me unto thee.
12 - And Jehovah hath inherited Judah, His portion on the holy ground, And He hath fixed again on Jerusalem.
13 - Hush, all flesh, because of Jehovah, For He hath been roused up from His holy habitation!'
