What is... — Since there is no verb “is” or “will be” expressed in the original, it has been disputed whether the reference is to the actual or to the future condition of Jerusalem. But, we have little hesitation in saying that the whole vision is prophetic of the state of Jerusalem from its restoration to the time when God’s protection should be eventually removed from it. To this latter event, however, no reference is as yet made.
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...
JERUSALEM. With _'eth_. See note on Zechariah 1:19....
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...
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. THEN SAID I, WHITHER GOEST THOU? AND HE SAID UNTO ME,...
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...
_[Zechariah 2:6]_ וָ אֹמַ֕ר אָ֖נָה אַתָּ֣ה הֹלֵ֑ךְ...
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...
"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." Reader, observe the familiarity of the Prophet, and t...
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...
He then asks him where he was going; the answer given is, _to measure Jerusalem, to see what was its breadth and its length_. The design of the prophecy is then stated, _Behold, inhabited shall be Jer...
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...
THEN SAID I, WHITHER GOEST THOU?.... As it showed great freedom and boldness in the prophet to put such a question to the man with the measuring reed, it was great condescension in him to return him a...
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. Ver. 2. _Whither goest thou?_] This was great boldn...
_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...
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 w...
Then said I, addressing the angel himself, WHITHER GOEST THOU? AND HE SAID UNTO ME, TO MEASURE JERUSALEM, the city of Jehovah, TO SEE WHAT IS THE BREADTH THEREOF, AND WHAT IS THE LENGTH THEREOF, to ge...
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...
WHITHER GOEST THOU? it is evident the prophet did not in so bold a manner inquire before, which may possibly be for that he apprehended this man to be one lesser than an angel; nor doth he ask the mea...
Zechariah 2:2 said H559 (H8799) going H1980 (H8802) said H559 (H8799) measure H4058 (H8800) Jerusalem...
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...
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 45:6; Ezekiel 48:15; Ezekiel 48:30; Jeremiah 31:39; John
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...
To measure — To take the exact dimensions of it, that it may answer God's promise, and be capable to receive its inhabitants. Jerusalem — The city which was to be built hereafter....