Zechariah 2:3

3 As I watched, the messenger speaking with me went ahead and another messenger came to meet him.

Zechariah 2:3 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 2:3

And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth
See ( Zechariah 1:9 Zechariah 1:13 Zechariah 1:14 Zechariah 1:19 ) and he "went forth" from the place where the prophet was, with whom he had been conversing: and another angel went out to meet him:
the same that was seen among the myrtle trees, ( Zechariah 1:8 ) and here, with a measuring line in his hand, ( Zechariah 2:1 ) .

Zechariah 2:3 In-Context

1 Then I looked up and saw a man. In his hand was a measuring line.

2 I said, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "To measure Jerusalem to see how wide and long it will be."

3 As I watched, the messenger speaking with me went ahead and another messenger came to meet him.

4 He said to him, "Run! Say to this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited like open fields because of the throngs of people and cattle inside it.

5 But I will be a wall of fire around it, says the LORD, and I will be glorious inside it.