The Vision of the Measuring Line (Ezekiel 40:1–4)
1 DRA And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, 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 DRA And I said: Whither goest thou? and he said to me: To measure Jerusalem, and to see how great is the breadth thereof, and how great the length thereof. BSB BSB: “Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”
3 DRA And behold the angel that spoke in 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 DRA And he said to him: Run, speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls, by reason of the multitude of men, and of the beasts in the midst thereof. 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 DRA And I will be to it, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about: and I will be in glory in the midst thereof. 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 DRA O, O flee ye out of the land of the north, saith the Lord, for I have scattered you into the four winds of heaven, saith 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 DRA O Sion, flee, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon: BSB BSB: “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”
8 DRA For thus saith the Lord of hosts: After the glory he hath sent me to the nations that have robbed you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of my 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 DRA For behold I lift up my hand upon them, and they shall be a prey to those that served them: and you shall know that the Lord of hosts 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 DRA Sing praise, and rejoice, O daughter of Sion: for behold I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee: saith 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 DRA And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and they shall be my people, and I will dwell in the midst of thee: and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me to thee. 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 DRA And the Lord shall possess Juda his portion in the sanctified land: and he shall yet choose Jerusalem. 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 DRA Let all flesh be silent at the presence of the Lord: for he is risen up out of his. holy habitation. BSB BSB: Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”