| Berean Study Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. | 1And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand! |
| 2“Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.” | 2Then 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.” |
| 3Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him | 3And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him |
| 4and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it. | 4and 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. |
| 5For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’ ” | 5And I will be to her a wall of fire all around, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory in her midst.’” |
| 6“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD. | 6Up! 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. |
| 7“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!” | 7Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. |
| 8For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye— | 8For 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: |
| 9I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.” | 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. |
| 10“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD. | 10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD. |
| 11“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. | 11And 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. |
| 12And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem. | 12And the LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.” |
| 13Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.” | 13Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling. |
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