Zechariah 2:5

\2:1\And lifting up my eyes, I saw a man with a measuring-line in his hand.

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In The King James Version

For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

In Context

4\1:21\Then I said, What have these come to do? And he said, These are the horns which sent Judah in flight, and kept him from lifting up his head: but these men have come to send fear on them and to put down the nations who are lifting up their horns against the land of Judah to send it in flight.

6\2:2\And I said to him, Where are you going? And he said to me, To take the measure of Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.

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Cross References

Psalms 3:3\3:2\Unnumbered are those who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. (Selah.)

Psalms 48:3\48:2\Beautiful in its high position, the joy of all the earth, is the mountain of Zion, the mountain of God, the town of the great King.

Isaiah 4:5And over every living-place on Mount Zion, all over all her meetings, the Lord will make a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for over all, the glory of the Lord will be a cover and a tent;

Isaiah 26:1In that day will this song be made in the land of Judah: We have a strong town; he will make salvation our walls and towers.

Isaiah 60:18Violent acts will no longer be seen in your land, wasting or destruction in your limits; but your walls will be named, Salvation, and your doors Praise.

Ezekiel 47:3And the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, and after measuring a thousand cubits, he made me go through the waters, which came over my feet.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 2:2-6

The Vision of the Measuring Line. ( b. c. 520.) 1 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. 3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, 4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of… Read the whole commentary →

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