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Zechariah 2:1-4

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

1. I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. 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. 3. And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, 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:

Zechariah 2:1-4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zechariah 2:1

Theological / Devotional

Behold a man. The third vision shows the triumph of God’s plan. The glorious prospect here presented would have been realized by Israel if the people had fully cooperated with the program of Heaven. The man with the measuring line is not identified, nor is it necessary to the understanding of the vision that he be.

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