Zechariah 2:2 WEB

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Zechariah 2:1-13

CHAPTER 2 1. The man with the measuring line (Zechariah 2:1-2 ) 2. The message of the third night vision (Zechariah 2:3-9 ) 3. The glorious kingdom (Zechariah 2:10-12 ) Zechariah 2:1-2 . 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... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 2:1-13

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 answer to Zechariah's question, the Man tells him that he has come to measure the length and breadth of Jerusalem. This Man is the Lord Jesus who alone is capable of discerning the precision of God's counsels in regard to the future blessing of the earthly Jerusalem. Notice that only the length... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Zechariah 2:1-13

THE PROPHET ’S OWN TIME Zechariah, like Haggai, had a twofold mission, to strengthen the hands of Israel for the rebuilding of the temple, and to quicken their hope as the earlier prophets had done, by painting in glowing colors the coming time of triumph over every foe. This mission is set before us in a two-fold division of the book. Chapters 1-8 give us a series of prophetic visions bearing primarily, upon the prophet’s own time, while chapters 9-14 deal chiefly with the events... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Zechariah 2:2

"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 then turn to that scripture, Isaiah 45:11 . read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 2:1-5

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... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Zechariah 2:1-99

Zech 2 THE ADVERSARIES BEING disposed of, the vision of chapter 2 carries the predictions a further step forward. That God should send a man with a line in his hand, wherewith to measure Jerusalem, indicated that the city was still an object of His attention and interest. The Jews that surrounded Zechariah might be pleased with the progress of their rebuilding operations, and inclined to be complacent about it, but they were to know that God had far more wonderful things in view, as the angel... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Zechariah 2:1-13

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. v. 1. I lifted up mine eyes again, once more being in a state of ecstasy, and looked, and, behold, a man with a measuring-line in his hand, evidently an angel sent for a special purpose. v. 2. Then said I, addressing the angel himself, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Zechariah 2:1-13

VISION III. THE MAN WITH THE MEASURING LINEZechariah 2:0A. A Man with a Measuring Line, and its Meaning (Zechariah 2:1-5). B. Further Promises (Zechariah 2:6-13) And 1I lifted up my eyes1 and saw, and behold, a man, and in his hand a measuring-line. 2 And I said, Whither goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what its length. 3 And behold the angel 4 that talked with me came forth and another angel went forth to meet him, And said to him, Run,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Zechariah 2:1-13

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 four horns met with four carpenters. For Babylon the carpenter was Cyrus; for Persia, Alexander the Great; for Greece, the Roman; for Rome, the Gaul. No weapon that is formed to thwart God’s purposes can prosper. The young man with the measuring line embodied the new spirit animating the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 2:1-13

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, and is prevented from doing so by an angel messenger, who, in figurative language, tells him that Jerusalem will be such that it will be impossible to measure. The nature of that prosperity is indicated in the statement that Jehovah's presence will make walls unnecessary, and its extent be so vast... read more