Zechariah 2:2
Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring-line in his hand.
3And behold, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another angel went forth to meet him,
Cross References
Jeremiah 31:39And the measuring line shall go forth over against it even to the hill Gareb, And extend itself to Goath.
Ezekiel 45:6And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand in breadth, and five and twenty thousand in length, over against the oblation of the holy portion; it shall be for all the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 48:30And these are the gates of the city. On the north side shall the measure be four thousand five hundred reeds.
John 16:5But now I go to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
Revelation 21:15And he who talked with me had for a measure a golden reed, to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
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 →