1   I lifted my eyes and there I saw a man carrying a measuring-line. 2   I asked him where he was going, and he said, ‘To measure Jerusalem and see what should be its breadth and length.’ 3   Then, as the angel who talked with me was going away, 4   another angel came out to meet him and said to him, Run to the young man there and tell him that Jerusalem shall be a city without walls, so numerous shall be the men and cattle within it. 5   I will be a wall of fire round her, says the Lord, and a glory in the midst of her.

6   Away, away; flee from the land of the north, says the Lord, for I will make you spread your wings like the four winds of heaven, says the Lord. 7   Away, escape, you people of Zion who live in Babylon.

8   For these are the words of the Lord of Hosts, spoken when he sent me on a glorious mission ^note to the nations who have plundered you, for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye: 9   I raise ^note my hand against them; they shall be plunder for their own slaves. So you shall know that the Lord of Hosts has sent me. 10   Shout aloud and rejoice, daughter of Zion; I am coming, I will make my dwelling among you, says the Lord. 11   Many nations shall come over to the Lord on that day and become his people, and he ^note will make his dwelling with you. Then you shall know that the Lord of Hosts has sent me to you. 12   The Lord will once again claim Judah as his own possession in the holy land, and make Jerusalem the city of his choice.

13   Silence, all mankind, in the presence of the Lord! For he has bestirred himself out of his holy dwelling-place.

Eight visions with their interpretations

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