Zechariah 2:1-8

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.
7 "Ho, Zion! 12Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon."
8 For thus says the LORD of hosts, "After 13glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the 14apple of His eye.

Zechariah 2:1-8 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 14

  • 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
  • 12. Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 51:6
  • 13. Isaiah 60:7-9
  • 14. Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalms 17:8

Footnotes 6

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