Zechariah 2:5

I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and, hinei, a man with a measuring line in his hand!

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

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.

6Then said I: Whither goest thou? And he said unto me: To measure Yerushalayim, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

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Cross References

Psalms 3:3Many there be which say of my nefesh, 1 There is no yeshu'ah for him in Elohim. Selah 1

Psalms 48:3Yafeh in its loftiness, the joy of kol ha'aretz, 1 is Mount Tziyon, on the sides of the north, 1 the City of Melech Rav. 1

Isaiah 4:5And Hashem will create upon the whole place of Mount Tziyon, and upon her assemblies, an anan and smoke by yom, and the shining of a flaming eish by lailah; for upon all the kavod shall be a Chuppah.

Isaiah 26:1In that day shall this shir (song) 1 be sung in Eretz Yehudah: 1 We have an Ir Oz (a city of strength); 1 Yeshu'ah (salvation) is that which He makes [its] chomot (walls) and outer wall. 1

Isaiah 60:18Chamas shall no more be heard in thy land, 1 shod nor shever within thy borders; 1 but thou shalt call thy chomot Yeshu'ah (Salvation), 1 and thy she'arim Tehillah (Praise). 1

Ezekiel 47:3And when the ish that had the measuring line in his yad went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the mayim; the mayim were to the ankles.

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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