# Zechariah 02 📖: The Man With a Measuring Line [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Zechariah Overview]] | [[Zechariah 01]] | [[Zechariah 03]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### Vision Three: The Surveyor [[#Verse 01.]] (2:5) I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.  [[#Verse 02.]] I asked, “Where are you going?” He replied, “To measure Jerusalem in order to determine its width and its length.”  [[#Verse 03.]] At this point the angelic messenger who spoke to me went out, and another messenger came to meet him  [[#Verse 04.]] and said to him, “Hurry, speak to this young man as follows: ‘Jerusalem will no longer be enclosed by walls because of the multitude of people and animals there.  [[#Verse 05.]] But I,’ the Lord says, ‘will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem and the source of glory in her midst.’” [[#Verse 06.]] “You there! Flee from the northland!” says the Lord, “for like the four winds of heaven I have scattered you,” says the Lord. [[#Verse 07.]] “Escape, Zion, you who live among the Babylonians!”  [[#Verse 08.]] For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “For his own glory he has sent me to the nations that plundered you—for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of his eye.  [[#Verse 09.]] Yes, look here, I am about to punish them so that they will be looted by their own slaves.” Then you will know that the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has sent me. [[#Verse 10.]] “Sing out and be happy, Zion my daughter! For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst,” says the Lord.  [[#Verse 11.]] “Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on the day of salvation, and they will also be my people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all. Then you will know that the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has sent me to you.  [[#Verse 12.]] The Lord will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again.  [[#Verse 13.]] Be silent in the Lord’s presence, all people everywhere, for he is being moved to action in his holy dwelling place.” ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. The third vision shows a man with a measuring line going to measure Jerusalem (2:1-2). 2. Jerusalem will be like an unwalled village because of the great number of people and animals (2:4). 3. God Himself will be a wall of fire around the city (2:5), recalling the pillar of fire in the exodus. 4. "The land of the north" (2:6) refers to Babylon, since invaders came into Israel from the north. 5. "Apple of His eye" (2:8) refers to the pupil, the most sensitive and protected part of the eye. 6. Deuteronomy 32:10 and Psalm 17:8 also call God's people the apple of His eye. 7. 2:12 contains the only use of the phrase "the holy land" in the Bible. 8. The call to be silent before the Lord (2:13) also appears in Habakkuk 2:20 and Zephaniah 1:7. 9. Jerusalem's walls were not rebuilt until Nehemiah's time, about seventy-five years later. 10. In the Hebrew Bible, chapter 2 is numbered 2:5-17. ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the Lord who comes to dwell among His people (2:10). The Word became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14), and in Him many nations join themselves to the Lord (2:11). ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. God promises to be a wall of fire around Jerusalem and the glory within it (2:5). How is God's protection better than any human defense? 2. God calls His people the apple of His eye (2:8). What does this tell you about how God values you? 3. Many nations will join themselves to the Lord (2:11). How does this point to the gospel going to all nations? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 5: The Lord will be a wall of fire around Jerusalem and the glory within it. - 📖 verse 8: Whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye. - 📖 verses 10-11: The Lord is coming to live among His people, and many nations will join themselves to Him. ## 🔗 Related Passages - 🔗 [[John 01#Verse 14.|John 1:14]] - The Word dwelt among us. - 🔗 [[Revelation 21#Verse 03.|Revelation 21:3]] - God's dwelling is with His people. - 🔗 [[Psalm 17#Verse 08.|Psalm 17:8]] - Keep me as the apple of Your eye. - 🔗 [[Isaiah 02#Verse 02.|Isaiah 2:2-3]] - Many nations come to the Lord. - 🔗 [[Revelation 21#Verse 15.|Revelation 21:15-16]] - The angel measures the holy city. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Zechariah 02- SOAP|God Gives Us A Future]] ## 📂 Internal Notes