Vision of the Man with the Measuring-Line.
The second vision had pictured the overthrow of the enemies of the people of the Lord. But this defeat being administered, the growth of the Lord's Church was assured.
CHAPTER II _The vision with which this chapter opens, portended great_ _increase and prosperity to Jerusalem. Accordingly Josephus_ _tells us, (Wars v. iv. 2,) that "the city, overflowing with_ _i...
A MAN WITH A MEASURING LINE IN HIS HAND - Probably the Angel of the Lord, of whom Ezekiel has a like vision. Jerome: “He who before, when he lift up his eyes, had seen in the four horns things mournfu...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The man with the measuring line (Zechariah 2:1) _ 2. The message of the third night vision (Zechariah 2:3) 3. The glorious kingdom (Zechariah 2:10)...
The person with the measuring line (described in Zechariah 2:4 as a young man, _i.e._ Zerubbabel, _cf._ Esther 3:4; Esther 4:58) is evidently ascertaining the length of wall required. An angel bids th...
BEHOLD Figure of speech _Asterismos_ App-6. MAN Hebrew. _'ish_ App-14. Either the same or another angel. A MEASURING LINE. See note on Zechariah 1:16 and Compare Zechariah 2:2...
Zechariah 2:1. _a man_ Probably an angel in human form, called a "young man," Zechariah 2:4, where see note _a measuring line_ The word is not the same as in Zechariah 1:16; but the promise there is t...
CHAPTER XXIX A VISION OF A MEASURING LINE ZECHARIAH, CHAPTER Zechariah 2:1-13 RV. And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. Then said, I, Whither goes...
I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. The man with the measuring line.-The city shall be fully restored and enlarged (Zechariah 2:2). Recall o...
A MAN WITH A MEASURING LINE] The vision IS probably connected with what, at the time, was really under discussion, viz. the rebuilding of the walls. The Jews felt that they were few in number, and wit...
THE THIRD VISION 1-5. A young man with a measuring line goes forth to measure Jerusalem preparatory to rebuilding the walls. But an angel is sent to stop him. The population will so increase as to ex...
A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS. Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to...
II. THIRD VISION. — THE MAN WITH THE MEASURING LINE. (1-5) This vision is a prophetic realisation of the fulfilment of the promise (Zechariah 1:16): “A line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.”...
A MAN does not seem to mean “an angel,” as in Zechariah 1:8, for he has no message to deliver or mission to perform; but he is to be considered rather as a mere figure in the vision, performing an act...
_[Zechariah 2:5]_ וָ אֶשָּׂ֥א עֵינַ֛י וָ אֵ֖רֶא...
THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...
THE REDEMPTION OF JERUSALEM Zechariah 1:18-21; Zechariah 2:1-13 The work of Temple-building had ceased for fifteen years and the new resolve to arise and build might meet with a similar fate. But the...
The vision of the measuring line reveals the condition of Jerusalem which will result from the overthrow of her enemies. The young man with a measuring line goes forth to measure the restored city, an...
I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a (a) man with a measuring line in his hand. (a) This is the angel who was Christ: for in respect of his office he is often called an angel, but in r...
CONTENTS The Prophet in this Chapter is engaged in the opening of it in visions; but soon enters upon most blessed things without figures, in describing the great events of Christ's coming and dwelli...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...
_‘A MAN WITH A MEASURING LINE’_ ‘I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusale...
Added now is another vision for the same end; not that the former was difficult to be understood, but because there was need of confirmation in a state of things so disturbed; for though the return of...
From chapter 2 to the end of chapter 6, the Spirit presents the circumstances, the principles, and the result of the re-establishment of Jerusalem and of the house; and also the judgment of that which...
I LIFTED UP MINE EYES AGAIN, AND LOOKED,.... And saw a third vision; which, as Kimchi owns, refers to the times of the Messiah; though it might be of use to the Jews then present, to encourage them to...
I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. Ver. 1. _I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked_] _i.e._ I looked wistfully, not sluggishly, as between s...
_I lifted up mine eyes, &c., and behold a man_ An angel in the form of a man, probably representing Nehemiah, under whose direction the wall was rebuilt, according to the ancient line marked out by th...
THE THIRD VISION - A MAN WITH A MEASURING LINE (vv. 1-5) Another vision draws the eyes of Zechariah-a man with a measuring line. Zechariah 1:16 told of a line being stretched upon Jerusalem. Now, in...
1-5 The Son of David, even the Man Christ Jesus, whom the prophet sees with a measuring line in his hand, is the Master-Builder of his church. God notices the extent of his church, and will take care...
ZECHARIAH CHAPTER 2 The vision of an angel sent to measure Jerusalem, and its flourishing state under God's protection foretold, MALACHI 2:1. The people warned to quit Babylon before its fall, MALACHI...
Zechariah 2:1 raised H5375 (H8799) eyes H5869 looked H7200 (H8799) man H376 measuring H4060 line H2256 hand...
THE THIRD VISION. THE MAN WITH THE MEASURING LINE (ZECHARIAH 2:1). Having learned that nothing has been happening among the nations which will aid in the recovery of YHWH's people (Zechariah 1:7), and...
AGAIN As in (Zechariah 1:8); the "man" of (Zechariah 2:1); (Zechariah 2:1) is "the angel that talked with me" of (Zechariah 1:3
Zechariah 2:1 I. In this vision God presented to the prophet, and through him to the nation at large, the prospect and the assurance of the restoration of Jerusalem, and the re-establishment of the Je...
CONTENTS: Visions of Zechariah. Jerusalem in the kingdom age. CHARACTERS: God, Zechariah. CONCLUSION: Jerusalem is the apple of Jehovah's eye, jealously guarded by His angels and marked out for a gl...
Zechariah 2:1. _Behold, a man with a measuring line._ A young man, as in Zechariah 2:4; an angel in the form of a man, come to measure the streets, the wall, and temple of Jerusalem, as architects do...
_A man with a measuring line in his hand _ THE MAN WITH A MEASURE The prophet asks where the man is going, and the answer given is--“to measure”; and then he shows what would be the measure of Jerus...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 2:1 In his third vision Zechariah anticipates a renewed Jerusalem, so full of people that it spreads beyond its walls. It will attract those Jews who remain in exile, as we...
CRITICAL NOTES.] The third vision. MAN] Messiah, who measures and will restore the city. ZECHARIAH 2:2. MEASURE] To sketch a plan for its arrangement and rebuilding, denoting exactness of proportions...
EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 2:1 § 5. _The third vision: the man with the measuring line._ ZECHARIAH 2:1 (Hebrews 2:5.) I LIFTED UP MINE EYES AGAIN ...
Chapter 2, the next vision, the fourth in the series of ten. I lifted up my eyes again, and I looked, and behold there was a man with a measuring line in his hand [He had a ruler]. I said, Where are y...
Ezekiel 40:3; Ezekiel 40:5; Ezekiel 47:4; Revelation 11:1; Re
THE MAN AND THE MEASURING LINE Zechariah 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In the Book of Ezekiel, chapter 40, we have Ezekiel's vision which in some respects parallels the one in Zechariah. Ezekiel in the vis...
With a line — Ready and prepared to lay out the platform of Jerusalem....