Zechariah 2:4
That 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.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
3Then the angel who had been talking to me started to leave, and another angel walked toward him.
Cross References
Isaiah 44:26But I always cause to happen what my prophets predict [DOU]. I tell them to say to the people of [MTY] Jerusalem, ‘ Some day people will live here again.’ And I tell them to say to the people in other towns in Judah that Yahweh says, ‘Your towns will be rebuilt; I will cause the places that are only ruins to be rebuilt.’
Isaiah 54:16Think about this: ◄Blacksmiths/Men who make things from metal► fan the coals to make a very hot flame in order to produce weapons that can be used in battles, but I am the one who has produced blacksmiths! And I am also the one who created people who destroy other people and cities.
Jeremiah 30:18This is what Yahweh says: “I will bring the people of Israel back from the lands to which they were taken and enable them to possess their land and their houses again. When that happens, Jerusalem will be rebuilt on top of its ruins, and the king’s palace will be rebuilt to be like it was before.
Jeremiah 31:27Then Yahweh said to me, “There will be a time when I will greatly increase [MET] the number of people and the number of livestock here in Israel and Judah.
Jeremiah 33:10And this is also what I, Yahweh, say: ‘You people have said that this is a land where there are no longer any people or animals. But in the streets of Jerusalem that are now completely empty [DOU], and in the other towns in Judah,
Ezekiel 36:10I will cause the number of people who live on you mountains and everywhere else in Israel to greatly increase. People will live in the towns and rebuild houses where there are now only ruins.
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 →