Zacarias 2:2

2 Então perguntei: Para onde vais tu? Respondeu-me ele: Para medir Jerusalém, a fim de ver qual é a sua largura e qual o seu comprimento.

Zacarias 2:2 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 2:2

Then said I, Whither goest thou?
&c.] As it showed great freedom and boldness in the prophet to put such a question to the man with the measuring reed, it was great condescension in him to return him an answer, as follows: and he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem;
not literally understood, which was not yet thoroughly built; but the Gospel church, often so called; see ( Hebrews 12:22 ) and this measuring of it denotes the conformity of it to the rule of God's word; a profession of the true doctrines of it, and an observance of the ordinances of it, as delivered in it; and an agreement of the walk, life, and conversation of its members with it: to see what [is] the breadth thereof, and what [is] the length
thereof;
the length of the New Jerusalem is as large as the breadth; its length, breadth, and height, are equal, ( Revelation 21:16 ) .

Zacarias 2:2 In-Context

1 Tornei a levantar os meus olhos, e olhei, e eis um homem que tinha na mão um cordel de medir.

2 Então perguntei: Para onde vais tu? Respondeu-me ele: Para medir Jerusalém, a fim de ver qual é a sua largura e qual o seu comprimento.

3 E eis que saiu o anjo que falava comigo, e outro anjo lhe saiu ao encontro,

4 e lhe disse: Corre, fala a este mancebo, dizendo: Jerusalém será habitada como as aldeias sem muros, por causa da multidão, nela, dos homens e dos animais.

5 Pois eu, diz o Senhor, lhe serei um muro de fogo em redor, e eu, no meio dela, lhe serei a glória.