Zechariah 2:1

God's Favor to Zion

1 Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a 1measuring line in his hand.

Zechariah 2:1 In-Context

1 Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2 So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is."
3 And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him,
4 and said to him, "Run, speak to that young man, saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the multitude of men and cattle within it.
5 'For I,' declares the LORD , 'will be a wall of fire around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.' "

Cross References 1

  • 1. Jeremiah 31:39; Ezekiel 40:3; Ezekiel 47:3; Zechariah 1:16

Footnotes 1

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