^{4 Ref} and said to him, "Run, speak to this young man, saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and cattle in it.

^{5 Ref} For I,' says Yahweh, 'will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

^{6 Ref} Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,' says Yahweh; 'for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,' says Yahweh.

^{7 Ref} 'Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.'

^{8 Ref} For thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.

^{9 Ref} For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they will be a spoil to those who served them; and you will know that Yahweh of Hosts has sent me.

^{10 Ref} Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you,' says Yahweh.

^{11 Ref} Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Hosts has sent me to you.

^{12 Ref} Yahweh will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.