Zechariah 2:3

Then the angel who had been talking to me started to leave, and another angel walked toward him.

Translation for Translators

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

2I asked him, “Where are you going?” He replied, “ I am going to measure Jerusalem, to determine how wide it is and how long it is.”

4That other angel said to him, “Run and tell that young man that some day there will be very many people and livestock in Jerusalem, with the result that there will be too many to live inside the city walls; many will live outside the walls.

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Cross References

Zechariah 1:13So Yahweh spoke kindly to the angel who had talked to me, saying things that comforted/encouraged him.

Zechariah 4:1Then the angel who had been talking with me returned, and he called to me as though I had been asleep.

Zechariah 5:5Then the angel who had been talking to me came closer to me and said, “Look up and see what is appearing!”

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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