³ He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze;^(A) he was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod^(B) in his hand. ⁴ The man said to me, “Son of man, look carefully and listen closely and pay attention to everything I am going to show you,^(C) for that is why you have been brought here. Tell^(D) the people of Israel everything you see.^(E)”

The East Gate to the Outer Court

⁵ I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits,^[a] each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured^(F) the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high.

⁵ And I myself will be a wall^(A) of fire^(B) around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory^(C) within.’^(D)

⁶ “Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered^(E) you to the four winds of heaven,”^(F) declares the Lord.^(G)

⁷ “Come, Zion! Escape,^(H) you who live in Daughter Babylon!”^{(I) 8} For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye^(J)— ⁹ I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.^[a](K) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.^(L)