Zechariah 2:4

And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: AND SAID UNTO HIM, RUN, SPEAK TO THIS YOUNG MAN - so Zechariah is called, as being still a youth when prophetically inspired (Grotius). Or, he is so called in respect to his ministry or service (cf. ; ) (Vatablus). Both ideas are probably included. Young men are, by their youthful energy, fit representatives of the energy which the Lord's service requires, (cf. ; ). Mere physical strength of youth, however, often utterly fails; but spiritual "strength" is ever "renewing" itself, and shall "not faint" 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 that whatever number of guests are brought to the wedding-supper, there shall be room. This vision means well to Jerusalem. The walls of a city, as they defend it, so they straiten its inhabitants; but Jerusalem shall be extended as freely as if it had no walls at all, yet shall be as safe as if it had the strongest walls. In the church of God there yet is room for other multitudes, more than man can number. None shall be refused who trust in Christ; and He never shuts out from heaven one true member of the church on earth. God will be a Wall of fire round them, which can neither be broken through nor undermined, nor can it be assailed without danger to those who attack. This vision was to...

Verse Zechariah 2:4. _RUN, SPEAK TO THIS YOUNG MAN_] Nehemiah must have been a _young man_ when he was [Persian] _sakee_, or cup-bearer, to Artaxerxes. AS _TOWNS WITHOUT WALLS_] It shall be so numerously inhabited as not to be contained within its ancient limits. _Josephus_, speaking of this time, says, WARS v. iv. 2, "The city, overflowing with inhabitants, by degrees extended itself beyond its walls....

AND SAID UNTO HIM, RUN, SPEAK UNTO THIS YOUNG MAN - The prophet himself, who was to report to his people what he heard. Jeremiah says, “I am a youth” Jeremiah 1:6; and, “the young man,” “the young prophet,” carried the prophetic message from Elisha to Jehu. “Youth,’” common as our English term in regard to man, is inapplicable and unapplied to angels, who have not our human variations of age, but exist, as they were created. JERUSALEM SHALL BE INHABITED AS TOWNS WITHOUT WALLS - Or as villages (see the notes at Habakkuk 3:14), namely, an unconfined, uncramped population, spreading itself freely, without restraint of walls, and (it follows) without need of them. Clearly then it is no earthly city. To be inhabited as villages would be wea

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 (comp. Zechariah 5:1; Zechariah 6:1; Daniel 8:3). This third vision makes a further revelation of God's mercy to Israel. Consequent on the destruction of enemies shall be the growth and development of the chosen people till the time of their final g

AND SAID UNTO HIM,.... That is, the other angel said to the angel that had been talking with the prophet, RUN, SPEAK TO THIS YOUNG MAN: meaning Zechariah, who was either young in years, as Samuel and Jeremiah were when they prophesied; or he was a servant of a prophet older than he, and therefore so called, as Joshua, Moses's minister, was, Numbers 11:28 as Kimchi observes: SAYING, JERUSALEM SHALL BE INHABITED [AS] TOWNS WITHOUT WALLS; this shows that this is not to be understood of Jerusalem in a literal sense, for that was not inhabited as a town without a wall; its wall was built in Nehemiah's time, and remained until the city was destroyed by Vespasian; yea, it had a treble wall, as Josephus says b; but of the church of Christ in Gospel times; and denotes both the safety and security of it; see...

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) Zechariah 2:1. The third night vision is one of the coming glory. The number three stands in the Word of God for resurrection, life from the dead. Thus in Hosea, concerning Israel, “After two days Thou wilt revive us, and on the third day Thou wilt raise us up” Hosea 6:2. In this third vision Zechariah sees the glorious restoration of Israel, which has been

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 the interpreting angel stop the measuring. A fortified wall is unnecessary, since the Lord will defend His own, and it would only check the expansion of Jerusalem....

THIS YOUNG MAN: i.e. the man of Zechariah 2:1. SAYING. Supply the logical Ellipsis (App-8), "saying [Stop!]", for the reason given implies that measuring will be useless, owing to the overflow of inhabitants. WITHOUT WALLS. Compare Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 54:2.Ezekiel 38:11. MEN. Hebrew. _'adam_. App-14....

_and said unto him_ Rather, AND HE SAID UNTO HIM; i.e. the interpreting angel said to the second angel whom he met. That he might remain himself near the prophet, whose interpreter he was appointed to be throughout the whole series of visions, he sent his brother angel instead of going himself in pursuit of the man with the measuring line, who by this time had passed on his errand out of the field of view, giving him a message for him in the hearing of the prophet, and so discharging his interpreting function, so far as this vision is concerned. _this young man_ Some commentators refer this to Zechariah himself, and understand it to be the second angel in Zechariah 2:3, who meeting the interpreting angel bids him run back to the prophet with the announcement that follows. It is difficult, however, to see why on this view the angel should be told to "run;" whereas on the view