Zechariah 2:1-11

Third night vision

1 Then I looked up and saw a man. In his hand was a measuring line.

2 I said, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "To measure Jerusalem to see how wide and long it will be."

3 As I watched, the messenger speaking with me went ahead and another messenger came to meet him.

4 He said to him, "Run! Say to this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited like open fields because of the throngs of people and cattle inside it.

5 But I will be a wall of fire around it, says the LORD, and I will be glorious inside it.

6 Look out; look out! Flee from the land of the north, says the LORD, for I will scatter you like the four winds of heaven, says the LORD.

7 Look out, Zion. Flee, you who dwell with Daughter Babylon!

8 The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims (after his glory sent me) concerning the nations plundering you: Those who strike you strike the pupil of my eye.

9 But look, I am about to raise my hand against them; they will become prey to their own slaves, so you will know that the LORD of heavenly forces sent me.

10 Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Zion, because I am about to come and dwell among you, says the LORD.

11 Many nations will be joined to the LORD on that day. They will become my people, and I will dwell among you so you will know that the LORD of heavenly forces sent me to you."

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Zechariah 2:1-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH 2

This chapter contains a prophecy of the church under the Gospel dispensation; of the largeness and numbers of it; and of its protection and glory, through the presence of God in it. In this vision a man is seen with a measuring line in his hand, to measure Jerusalem with, Zec 2:1,2 upon which an angel bids the angel that talked with the prophet to declare to him the largeness, populousness, and safety of Jerusalem, Zec 2:3-5 then follows an exhortation to the people of God to come out of Babylon, Zec 2:6,7 and then a promise of the calling of the Gentiles, and of God's gracious inhabitation in his church, which would be matter of joy to Zion; and of his inheriting Judah, and choosing Jerusalem Zec 2:8-12 and the chapter is concluded with an address to all mankind, to be silent before the Lord, since he was raised up out of his habitation, Zec 2:13.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Footnotes 2

[a]. 2:5 in Heb
[b]. Heb uncertain