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Vision Three: The Surveyor

^2:1 (2:5) I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. ^2:2 I asked, “Where are you going?” He replied, “To measure Jerusalem in order to determine its width and its length.” ^2:3 At this point the angelic messenger who spoke to me went out, and another messenger came to meet him ^2:4 and 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. ^2:5 But I,’ the Lord says, ‘will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem and the source of glory in her midst.’”

^2:6 “You there! Flee from the northland!” says the Lord, “for like the four winds of heaven I have scattered you,” says the Lord. ^2:7 “Escape, Zion, you who live among the Babylonians!” ^2:8 For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “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. ^2:9 Yes, look here, I am about to punish them so that they will be looted by their own slaves.” Then you will know that the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has sent me.

^2:10 “Sing out and be happy, Zion my daughter! For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst,” says the Lord. ^2:11 “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 of Heaven’s Armies has sent me to you. ^2:12 The Lord will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again. ^2:13 Be silent in the Lord’s presence, all people everywhere, for he is being moved to action in his holy dwelling place.”