Zechariah 2:1-5

A Man With a Measuring Line

1 Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand.

2 I asked, “Where are you going?” He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.”

3 While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him

4 and said to him: “Run, tell that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of people and animals in it.

5 And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will be its glory within.’

Zechariah 2:1-5 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

• 1. S Ezekiel 40:3; S Zechariah 1:16; Revelation 21:15
• 2. S Ezekiel 38:11
• 3. S Isaiah 49:20; S Jeremiah 30:19; S Jeremiah 33:22
• 4. Zechariah 14:11
• 5. S Isaiah 26:1; Ezekiel 42:20
• 6. S Isaiah 10:17
• 7. S Psalms 85:9; S Isaiah 11:10; S Isaiah 24:23; Revelation 21:23
• 8. S Psalms 125:2
• 9. S Psalms 46:5; S Ezekiel 38:14