Zechariah 2

Zechariah 2:1

C. Man with a Measuring Line (Chap. 2)Meaning: Future prosperity, populousness, and security of Jerusalem. 2:1-5 The third vision reveals a man with a measuring line. When the prophet asked him where he was going, he answered that he was going to measure the site of Jerusalem, that is, where the city would be rebuilt. The interpreting angel met another angel who told him to assure the young man (either Zechariah or the man with the measuring line) that Jerusalem would yet be thickly populated, and that it would not need walls because the LORD would protect it. This refers ultimately, of course, to Jerusalem during the Millennial Reign of Christ. 2:6-12 Here the Jewish captives remaining in exile are summoned to return to Jerusalem from the land of the north. (Though Babylon is northeast of Jerusalem, yet the captives would come via the route of the fertile crescent and thus enter Israel from the . . . north.) This will also have a fulfillment “after glory” has been revealed and established, that is, after the Second Coming of Christ. God will punish the enemies of His people because the latter are what he describes as “the apple of His eye.” Singing will break out when Christ comes to the millennial temple, and Gentile nations will join themselves to Him in that day. The term the Holy Land for Palestine is used only here in the entire Bible. 2:13 All flesh is commanded to be silent while the LORD rouses Himself to punish the nations.