Zechariah 2

The Vision of the Measuring Line// Ezekiel 40:1–4

¹Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

• ZECH 2:1[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → REV 11:1
• ZECH 2:1[NOTE]A MEASURING LINE. Revelation 11:1 pictures a measuring rod for the temple too.

²“Where are you going?” I asked.

“To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”

³Then the angel who was speaking with me went forth, and another angel came forward to meet him ⁴and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it. ⁵For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares Yahweh, and I will be the glory within it.’”

• ZECH 2:5[NOTE]A WALL OF FIRE. Jerusalem had no walls yet. Nehemiah would build them about 75 years later.

The Redemption of Zion// Hosea 3:1–5

⁶“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares Yahweh, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares Yahweh. ⁷“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”

⁸For this is what Yahweh of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye— ⁹I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that Yahweh of Hosts has sent Me.”

• ZECH 2:8[NOTABLE]The pupil is the part of the eye you protect without even thinking. That is how God guards His people.
• ZECH 2:8[NOTE]THE APPLE OF HIS EYE. The pupil, the part of the eye you protect most. Also, the speaker says Yahweh of Hosts has sent Me, 2:9 and 2:11. Many Christians see the Son sent by the Father here.

¹⁰“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares Yahweh. ¹¹“On that day many nations will join themselves to Yahweh, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that Yahweh of Hosts has sent Me to you. ¹²And Yahweh will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem. ¹³Be silent before Yahweh, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”

• ZECH 2:11[PROPHECY]Many nations would join themselves to Yahweh and become His people → ACTS 15:14-17; EPH 2:19MEDIUM