Zechariah 2:3

And Hashem showed me arba'ah charashim (four craftsmen).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

In Context

2And I said unto the malach that spoke with me, What are these? And he answered me, These are the keranot which have scattered Yehudah, Yisroel, and Yerushalayim.

4Then said I, What come these to do? And he spoke, saying, These are the keranot which have scattered Yehudah, so that no man did lift up his head; but these [craftsmen] are come to terrify them, to throw down the karnot haGoyim, which lifted up their keren (horn) over Eretz Yehudah to scatter her.

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Cross References

Zechariah 1:13And Hashem answered the Malach that spoke with me with devarim tovim and with comforting words.

Zechariah 4:1And the malach that spoke with me returned, and awakened me, like a man that is wakened out of his sleep.

Zechariah 5:5Then the malach that spoke with me came forward, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that cometh into view.

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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