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2:1  And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand!
2:2  Then I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”
2:3  And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him
2:4  and said to him, “Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of people and livestock in it.
2:5  And I will be to her a wall of fire all round, declares the Lord, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”
2:6  Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north, declares the Lord. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the Lord.
2:7  Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
2:8  For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye:
2:9  “Behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.
2:10  Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord.
2:11  And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
2:12  And the Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.”
2:13  Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.