2 ¹ And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand! 2 ² Then I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length." 2 ³ And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him, 2 ⁴ and said to him, "Run, say to that young man, `Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and cattle in it. 2 ⁵ For I will be to her a wall of fire round about, says Yahweh, and I will be the glory within her.' "