Zechariah 2:1-6

Third Vision: Surveyor

1 [a] I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2 I asked, "Where are you going?" He answered me, "To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length."
3 Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him.
4 He said to him, "Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and livestock in it."[b]
5 The declaration of the Lord: "I will be a wall[c] of fire around it, and I will be the glory within it."
6 "Get up! Leave the land of the north"[d]-the Lord's declaration-"for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven"-the Lord's declaration.

Zechariah 2:1-6 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.

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