Zechariah 2:1-11

A Vision of a Man Holding a Measuring Line

1 Then I looked up and saw a man. He was holding a measuring line.

2 "Where are you going?" I asked. "To measure Jerusalem," he answered. "I want to find out how wide and how long it is."

3 Then the angel who was talking with me left. Another angel came over to him.

4 He said to him, "Run! Tell that young man Zechariah, 'Jerusalem will be like a city that does not have any walls around it. It will have huge numbers of people and animals in it.

5 And I myself will be like a wall of fire around it,' announces the Lord. 'I will be the city's glory.' "

6 "Israel, I have scattered you in all four directions," announces the Lord. "Come quickly! Run away from the land of the north," announces the Lord.

7 "Come, people of Zion who are in Babylonia! Escape, you who live in the city of Babylon!"

8 The LORD rules over all. His angel says to Israel, "The LORD has sent me to honor him. He wants me to punish the nations that have robbed you of everything. After all, anyone who hurts you hurts those the LORD loves and guards.

9 So I will raise my powerful hand to strike your enemies down. Their own slaves will rob them of everything. Then you will know that the LORD who rules over all has sent me.

10 " 'People of Zion, shout and be glad! I am coming to live among you,' announces the Lord.

11 'At that time many nations will join themselves to me. And they will become my people. I will live among you.' says the Lord. Then you will know that the LORD who rules over all has sent me to you.

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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

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INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH 2