| Holman Christian Standard Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. | 1Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. |
| 2I asked, "Where are you going?" He answered me, "To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length." | 2“Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.” |
| 3Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him. | 3Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him |
| 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." | 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. |
| 5The declaration of the LORD: "I will be a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory within it."" | 5For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’ ” |
| 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. " | 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. |
| 7Go, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon." | 7“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!” |
| 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. | 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— |
| 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." | 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.” |
| 10Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you"--this is the LORD's declaration. " | 10“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 12The LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem. | 12And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem. |
| 13Let all people be silent before the LORD, for He is coming from His holy dwelling." | 13Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.” |
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