| Holman Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 1I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. | 1I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. |
| 2I asked, "Where are you going?" He answered me, "To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length." | 2I asked, "Where are you going?" He replied, "To measure Jerusalem in order to determine its width and its length." |
| 3Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him. | 3At this point the angelic messenger who spoke to me went out, and another messenger came to meet him |
| 4He said to him, "Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and livestock in it." | 4and said to him, "Hurry, speak to this young man as follows: 'Jerusalem will no longer be enclosed by walls because of the multitude of people and animals there. |
| 5The declaration of the LORD: "I will be a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory within it."" | 5But I (the LORD says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem and the source of glory in her midst.'" |
| 6Get up! Leave the land of the north"--this is the LORD's declaration--"for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven"--this is the LORD's declaration. " | 6"You there! Flee from the northland!" says the LORD, "for like the four winds of heaven I have scattered you," says the LORD. |
| 7Go, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon." | 7"Escape, Zion, you who live among the Babylonians!" |
| 8For the LORD of Hosts says this: "He has sent Me for His glory against the nations who are plundering you, for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of His eye. | 8For the LORD who rules over all says to me that for his own glory he has sent me to the nations that plundered you--for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of his eye. |
| 9I will move against them with My power, and they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me." | 9"I am about to punish them in such a way," he says, "that they will be looted by their own slaves." Then you will know that the LORD who rules over all has sent me. |
| 10Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you"--this is the LORD's declaration. " | 10"Sing out and be happy, Zion my daughter! For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst," says the LORD. |
| 11Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day and become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. | 11"Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on the day of salvation, and they will also be my people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all." Then you will know that the LORD who rules over all has sent me to you. |
| 12The LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem. | 12The LORD will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again. |
| 13Let all people be silent before the LORD, for He is coming from His holy dwelling." | 13Be silent in the LORD's presence, all people everywhere, for he is being moved to action in his holy dwelling place. |
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