Zaccaria 2:2

2 E io dissi: "Dove vai?" Egli mi rispose: "Vado a misurar Gerusalemme, per vedere qual ne sia la larghezza, e quale la lunghezza".

Zaccaria 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 ) .

Zaccaria 2:2 In-Context

1 E alzai gli occhi, guardai, ed ecco un uomo che aveva in mano una corda da misurare.
2 E io dissi: "Dove vai?" Egli mi rispose: "Vado a misurar Gerusalemme, per vedere qual ne sia la larghezza, e quale la lunghezza".
3 Ed ecco, l’angelo che parlava meco si fece avanti, e un altro gli uscì incontro,
4 e gli disse: "Corri, parla a quel giovane, e digli: Gerusalemme sarà abitata come una città senza mura, tanta sarà la quantità di gente e di bestiame che si troverà in mezzo ad essa;
5 e io, dice l’Eterno, sarò per lei un muro di fuoco tutt’attorno, e sarò la sua gloria in mezzo a lei.
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