Vision of the Measuring Line

2 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, aa man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 So I said, “Where are you going?”

And he said to me, b“To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

3 And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him, 4 who said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying: c‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it. 5 For I,’ says the Lord, ‘will be da wall of fire all around her, eand I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”

Future Joy of Zion and Many Nations

6 “Up, up! Flee ffrom the land of the north,” says the Lord; “for I have gspread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the Lord. 7 “Up, Zion! hEscape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”

8 For thus says the Lord of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who itouches you touches the 1apple of His eye. 9 For surely I will jshake My hand against them, and they shall become 2spoil for their servants. Then kyou will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.

10 l“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I mwill dwell in your midst,” says the Lord. 11 n“Many nations shall be joined to the Lord oin that day, and they shall become pMy people. And I will dwell in your midst. Then qyou will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you. 12 And the Lord will rtake possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem. 13 sBe silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for He is aroused tfrom His holy habitation!”

Vision of the High Priest

3 Then he showed me aJoshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and bSatan 1standing at his right hand to oppose him. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, c“The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord who dhas chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! eIs this not a brand plucked from the fire?”

3 Now Joshua was clothed with ffilthy garments, and was standing before the Angel.

4 Then He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, “Take away the filthy garments from him.” And to him He said, “See, I have removed your iniquity from you, gand I will clothe you with rich robes.”

5 And I said, “Let them put a clean hturban on his head.”

So they put a clean turban on his head, and they put the clothes on him. And the Angel of the Lord stood by.

The Coming Branch

6 Then the Angel of the Lord admonished Joshua, saying, 7 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:

‘If you will walk in My ways,

And if you will ikeep My command,

Then you shall also jjudge My house,

And likewise have charge of My courts;

I will give you places to walk

Among these who kstand here.

8 ‘Hear, O Joshua, the high priest,

You and your companions who sit before you,

For they are la 2wondrous sign;

For behold, I am bringing forth mMy Servant the nBRANCH.

9 For behold, the stone

That I have laid before Joshua:

oUpon the stone are pseven eyes.

Behold, I will engrave its inscription,’

Says the Lord of hosts,

‘And qI will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

10 rIn that day,’ says the Lord of hosts,

‘Everyone will invite his neighbor

sUnder his vine and under his fig tree.’ ”

Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees

4 Now athe angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, bas a man who is wakened out of his sleep. 2 And he said to me, “What do you see?”

So I said, “I am looking, and there is ca lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, dand on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps. 3 eTwo olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left.” 4 So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”

5 Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?”

And I said, “No, my lord.”

6 So he answered and said to me:

“This is the word of the Lord to fZerubbabel:

g‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’

Says the Lord of hosts.

7 ‘Who are you, hO great mountain?

Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain!

And he shall bring forth ithe capstone

jWith shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” ’ ”

8 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

9 “The hands of Zerubbabel

kHave laid the foundation of this 1temple;

His hands lshall also finish it.

Then myou will know

That the nLord of hosts has sent Me to you.

10 For who has despised the day of osmall things?

For these seven rejoice to see

The 2plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.

pThey are the eyes of the Lord,

Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.”

11 Then I answered and said to him, “What are these qtwo olive trees—at the right of the lampstand and at its left?” 12 And I further answered and said to him, “What are these two olive branches that drip 3into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains?”

13 Then he answered me and said, “Do you not know what these are?”

And I said, “No, my lord.”

14 So he said, r“These are the two 4anointed ones, swho stand beside the Lord of the whole earth.”