Zechariah 2:1-6

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.
2 So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To 2measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is."
3 And behold, the 3angel 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 4young man, saying, '5Jerusalem will be inhabited 6without walls because of the 7multitude of men and cattle within it.
5 'For I,' declares the LORD, 'will be a 8wall of fire around her, and I will be the 9glory in her midst.' "
6 "Ho there! 10Flee from the land of the north," declares the LORD, "for I have 11dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens," declares the LORD.

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.

Cross References 11

  • 1. Jeremiah 31:39; Ezekiel 40:3; Ezekiel 47:3; Zechariah 1:16
  • 2. Jeremiah 31:39; Ezekiel 40:3; Revelation 21:15-17
  • 3. Zechariah 1:9
  • 4. Jeremiah 1:6; Daniel 1:4; 1 Timothy 4:12
  • 5. Zechariah 1:17; Zechariah 8:4
  • 6. Ezekiel 38:11
  • 7. Isaiah 49:20; Jeremiah 30:19; Jeremiah 33:22
  • 8. Isaiah 4:5; Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 60:18
  • 9. Haggai 2:9; Zechariah 2:10, 11
  • 10. Jeremiah 3:18
  • 11. Jeremiah 31:10; Ezekiel 11:16

Footnotes 4

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