Zechariah 2
2
A Vision of a Man Holding a Measuring Line
1Then I looked up and saw a man. He was holding a measuring line. 2“Where are you going?” I asked.
“To measure Jerusalem,” he answered. “I want to find out how wide and how long it is.”
3The angel who was talking with me was leaving. At that time, another angel came over to him. 4He said to him, “Run! Tell that young man Zechariah, ‘Jerusalem will be a city that does not have any walls around it. It will have huge numbers of people and animals in it. 5And I myself will be like a wall of fire around it,’ announces the Lord. ‘I will be the city’s glory.’
6“Israel, I have scattered you,” announces the Lord. “I have used the power of the four winds of heaven to do it. Come quickly! Run away from the land of the north,” announces the Lord.
7“Come, people of Zion! Escape, you who live in Babylon!” 8The Lord rules over all. His angel says to Israel, “The Glorious One has sent me to punish the nations that have robbed you of everything. That’s because anyone who hurts you hurts those the Lord loves and guards. 9So I will raise my powerful hand to strike down your enemies. Their own slaves will rob them of everything. Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me.
10“ ‘People of Zion, shout and be glad! I am coming to live among you,’ announces the Lord. 11‘At that time many nations will join themselves to me. And they will become my people. I will live among you,’ says the Lord. Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you. 12He will receive Judah as his share in the holy land. And he will choose Jerusalem again. 13All you people of the world, be still because the Lord is coming. He is getting ready to come down from his holy temple in heaven.”
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Zechariah 2
2
The Vision of the Man With the Measuring Line
1#Eze 40:3; Zec 1:16And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw a man with a measuring cord in his hand. 2#Jer 31:39; Rev 21:15–17And I said, “Where are you going?”
And he responded, “To measure Jerusalem and to note what is its width and length.”
3#Zec 1:19Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and then another angel came out to meet him, 4#Jer 1:6; 31:27and said to him, “Run, say to this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and animals in her. 5#Isa 4:5; 60:18–19And I will be like a wall of fire all around her, says the Lord, and I will be as glory in her midst.”
Interlude: An Appeal to the Exiles
6#Eze 17:21; Isa 48:20Up, up, flee from the northern land, says the Lord, for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.
7#Isa 48:20; 52:11Deliver yourself, O Zion, you who live with the daughter of Babylon. 8#Dt 32:10; Ps 17:8For thus says the Lord of Hosts: He has sent Me after glory to the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye. 9#Isa 14:2; 19:16For I will swing My hand against them, and they will become plunder for their servants. Then you will know well that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me.
10#Zec 8:3; Lev 26:12Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for I am coming and will dwell in your midst, says the Lord. 11And many nations will join themselves with the Lord in that day, and they will be My people. And I will reside in your midst, and you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me to you. 12#Dt 32:9; Zec 1:17And the Lord will possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and He will again choose Jerusalem. 13#Ps 68:5; Hab 2:20Be still, all flesh before the Lord, for He is stirred from His holy habitation.
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