^{1 Ref} And I lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a man, and in his hand a measuring line.

^{2 Ref} And I say, `Whither are thou going?' And he saith unto me, `To measure Jerusalem, to see how much `is' its breadth, and how much its length.'

^{3 Ref} And lo, the messenger who is speaking with me is going out, and another messenger is going out to meet him,

^{4 Ref} and he saith unto him, `Run, speak unto this young man, saying: Unwalled villages inhabit doth Jerusalem, From the abundance of man and beast in her midst.