Zacharie 2:2

2 Et je dis: Où vas-tu? Et il me répondit: Je vais mesurer Jérusalem, pour voir quelle est sa largeur et quelle est sa longueur.

Zacharie 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 ) .

Zacharie 2:2 In-Context

1 Puis, je levai les yeux, et regardai; et je vis un homme ayant à la main un cordeau à mesurer.

2 Et je dis: Où vas-tu? Et il me répondit: Je vais mesurer Jérusalem, pour voir quelle est sa largeur et quelle est sa longueur.

3 Et voici, l'ange qui me parlait sortit, et un autre ange sortit au-devant de lui,

4 Et lui dit: Cours, parle à ce jeune homme, et dis: Jérusalem demeurera sans murailles, tant il y aura d'hommes et de bêtes au milieu d'elle.

5 Et je serai pour elle, dit l'Éternel, une muraille de feu qui l'entourera, et je serai sa gloire au milieu d'elle.