Zechariah 2:1

Vision of the Measuring Line

1 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, ^aa man with a measuring line in his hand.

2 So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, ^a“To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

3 And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him,

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Zechariah 2:1

A man with a measuring-line in his hand - Probably a representation of Nehemiah, who got a commission from Artaxerxes Longimanus to build up the walls of Jerusalem; for hitherto it had remained without being enclosed.

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