2:1 I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

2:2 Then said I, Where go you? He said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it.

2:3 Behold, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

2:4 and said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, by reason of the multitude of men and cattle therein.

2:5 For I, says Yahweh, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

2:6 Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, says Yahweh; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky, says Yahweh.

2:7 Ho Zion, escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.

2:8 For thus says Yahweh of hosts: After glory has he sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.

2:9 For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those who served them; and you shall know that Yahweh of Hosts has sent me.

2:10 Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you, says Yahweh.

2:11 Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Hosts has sent me to you.

2:12 Yahweh shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.