The Vision of the Measuring Line (Ezekiel 40:1–4)
1 AKJV I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. BSB BSB: Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2 AKJV Then said I, Where go you? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. BSB BSB: “Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”
3 AKJV And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, BSB BSB: Then the angel who was speaking with me went forth, and another angel came forward to meet him
4 AKJV And said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: BSB BSB: and 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.
5 AKJV For I, says the LORD, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the middle of her. BSB BSB: For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
The Redemption of Zion (Hosea 3:1–5)
6 AKJV Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, says the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, said the LORD. BSB BSB: “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.
7 AKJV Deliver yourself, O Zion, that dwell with the daughter of Babylon. BSB BSB: “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”
8 AKJV For thus says the LORD of hosts; After the glory has he sent me to the nations which spoiled you: for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye. BSB BSB: For 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—
9 AKJV For, behold, I will shake my hand on them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me. BSB BSB: I 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.”
10 AKJV Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, see, I come, and I will dwell in the middle of you, says the LORD. BSB BSB: “Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.
11 AKJV And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the middle of you, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. BSB BSB: “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.
12 AKJV And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. BSB BSB: And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
13 AKJV Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. BSB BSB: Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”