1. And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw, and behold, a man, and in his hand was a measuring line.
2. And I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, so that I may see how great its width and how great its length may be."
3. And behold, the angel, who had been speaking with me, departed, and another angel went out to meet him.
4. And he said to him: Hurry, speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls, because of the multitude of men and beasts of burden in its midst.
5. And I will be to it, says the Lord, a wall of fire all around. And in glory, I will be in its midst.