1-5. I looked up and was surprised to seea man holding a tape measure in his hand.I said, “What are you up to?”“I’m on my way,” he said, “to survey Jerusalem,to measure its width and length.”Just then the Messenger-Angel on his way outmet another angel coming in and said,“Run! Tell the Surveyor, ‘Jerusalem will burst its walls—bursting with people, bursting with animals.And I’ll be right there with her’—God’s Decree—‘a wall of firearound unwalled Jerusalem and a radiant presence within.’”
10. “Shout and celebrate, Daughter of Zion!I’m on my way. I’m moving into your neighborhood!”God’s Decree.
11-12. Many godless nations will be linked up with God at that time. (“They will become my family! I’ll live in their homes!”) And then you’ll know for sure that God-of-the-Angel-Armies sent me on this mission. God will reclaim his Judah inheritance in the Holy Land. He’ll again make clear that Jerusalem is his choice.
13. Quiet, everyone! Shh! Silence before God. Something’s afoot in his holy house. He’s on the move!