Zechariahchapter 2
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A.A man with a measuring line, and a wall of fire around hervv. 1-5
1 Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 “Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.” 3 Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him 4 and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it. 5 For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
B.Flee Babylon — whoever touches you touches the apple of his eyevv. 6-9
6 “Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD. 7 “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!” 8 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye— 9 I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.”
C.Many nations joined to the LORD in that dayvv. 10-13
10 “Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD. 11 “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. 12 And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem. 13 Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
Chapter summary
A man goes out with a measuring line to size up Jerusalem, and is stopped: the city will be inhabited as villages without walls, for the multitude of men and cattle in it.
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Chapter summary
A man goes out with a measuring line to size up Jerusalem, and is stopped: the city will be inhabited as villages without walls, for the multitude of men and cattle in it.
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A man goes out with a measuring line to size up Jerusalem, and is stopped: the city will be inhabited as villages without walls, for the multitude of men and cattle in it. The reason is better than masonry: 'I will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her' (2:5). Then the call to the exiles still in Babylon: 'flee from the land of the north… escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon,' for 'he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.' The chapter ends singing: 'lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee,' with many nations joined to Jehovah in that day.
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.
Context
Prophecy · Zechariah — Zechariah overview
- A. 1–5 A man with a measuring line, and a wall of fire around her
- B. 6–9 Flee Babylon — whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye
- C. 10–13 Many nations joined to the LORD in that day
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Zechariah 12 verses
- Zechariah 1:16Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
- Zechariah 1:17Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”
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Zechariah 92 verses
- Zechariah 9:8But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.
- Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Read Zechariah 9 →
Deuteronomy 322 verses
- Deuteronomy 32:9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
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Revelation 211 verse
- Revelation 21:15The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.
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Isaiah 481 verse
- Isaiah 48:20Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
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Ezekiel 401 verse
- Ezekiel 40:3So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.
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Jeremiah 311 verse
- Jeremiah 31:39The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.
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Ezekiel 451 verse
- Ezekiel 45:6As the property of the city, you are to set aside an area 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, adjacent to the holy district. It will belong to the whole house of Israel.
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.