| New International Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand. | 1I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. |
| 2I asked, "Where are you going?" He answered me, "To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is." | 2I asked, "Where are you going?" He answered me, "To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length." |
| 3While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him | 3Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him. |
| 4and said to him: "Run, tell that young man, 'Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of people and animals in it. | 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." |
| 5And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,' declares the LORD, 'and I will be its glory within.' | 5The declaration of the LORD: "I will be a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory within it."" |
| 6"Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north," declares the LORD, "for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven," declares the LORD. | 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. " |
| 7"Come, Zion! Escape, you who live in Daughter Babylon!" | 7Go, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon." |
| 8For 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-- | 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. |
| 9I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them. Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me. | 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." |
| 10"Shout and be glad, Daughter Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you," declares the LORD. | 10Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you"--this is the LORD's declaration. " |
| 11"Many nations will be joined with the LORD in that day and will become my people. I will live among you and you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me to you. | 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. |
| 12The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem. | 12The LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem. |
| 13Be still before the LORD, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling." | 13Let all people be silent before the LORD, for He is coming from His holy dwelling." |
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