Zechariah 2:2
I said, “Where are you going?” He replied, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and length.”
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In Context
1Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
3Then the messenger who talked with me stepped forward, and another messenger went out to meet him,
Cross References
John 16:5I did not tell you all this at first, because I was with you. But now I am to return to him who sent me; and yet not one of you asks me – ‘Where are you going?’
Revelation 21:15And the angel who was speaking to me had as a measure a gold rod, with which to measure the city and its gates and its wall.
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 →