Zechariah 2:2
Then I asked, “Where are you going?” He said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”
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In Context
1I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
3Behold, the angel who talked with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him,
Cross References
Jeremiah 31:39The measuring line will go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and will turn toward Goah.
Ezekiel 45:6“‘“You shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand cubits wide and twenty-five thousand long, side by side with the offering of the holy portion. It shall be for the whole house of Israel.
Ezekiel 48:30“These are the exits of the city: On the north side four thousand five hundred reeds by measure;
John 16:5But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
Revelation 21:15He who spoke with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, its gates, and its walls.
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 →