| Christian Standard Bible | King James Bible |
| 1I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. | 1I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold 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." | 2Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. |
| 3Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him. | 3And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went 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 unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: |
| 5The declaration of the LORD: "I myself will be a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory within it." | 5For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. |
| 6"Listen! Listen! Flee from 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. | 6Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD. |
| 7"Listen, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon." | 7Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. |
| 8For the LORD of Armies says this: "In pursuit of his glory, he sent me against the nations plundering you, for whoever touches you touches the pupil of my eye. | 8For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. |
| 9For look, I am raising my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Armies has sent me. | 9For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me. |
| 10"Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you"--this is the LORD's declaration. | 10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. |
| 11"Many 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 Armies has sent me to you. | 11And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and 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 unto thee. |
| 12The LORD will take possession of Judah as his portion in the Holy Land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem. | 12And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. |
| 13Let all people be silent before the LORD, for from his holy dwelling he has roused himself." | 13Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. |
| The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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