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Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Zechariah 2:1-12

Chapter 2Chapter 2, the next vision, the fourth in the series of ten.I lifted up my eyes again, and I looked, and behold there was a man with a measuring line in his hand [He had a ruler]. I said, Where are you going? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, And he said unto him, Run and speak to this young man ( Zechariah 2:1-4... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 2:1-13

Zechariah 2:1 . Behold, a man with a measuring line. A young man, as in Zechariah 2:4; an angel in the form of a man, come to measure the streets, the wall, and temple of Jerusalem, as architects do before they build. Zechariah 2:4 . Jerusalem shall be inhabited, as towns or villages, without walls. The husbandman must live on his farm, but merchants and artisans prefer cities, for the comfort and conveniences of life. As the population encrease, they become too crowded to live within... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Zechariah 2:6-9

Zechariah 2:6-9I have spread you abroad, etc Soul-exileThis is a call of Jehovah to the Jews in Babylonian captivity to return to their own land.These words may illustrate the moral exile of humanity. The point suggested is, the reluctance of the exile to return. This reluctance is seen--I. In the earnestness of the Divine appeal. “Return,” is the word. “Flee from the land of the north.” It is the land of corruption and tyranny.II. In the potency of the Divine reasons. Reasons for return... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Zechariah 2:7

Zechariah 2:7Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter Babylon Separation from the world, the duty and privilege of a ChristianZechariah prophesied at Jerusalem after the return of the Jews from their captivity in Babylon; and one great object of his ministry was to stir them up to a more lively sense of the peculiar duties and privileges which their deliverance brought with it.In the text he is addressing that part of the nation which were still remaining in the land of Chaldea.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 2:7

Zec 2:7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest [with] the daughter of Babylon. Ver. 7. Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon ] q.d. Is Babylon a fit place for thee to abide in? what comfort canst thou take in such lewd company? Save thyself from this untoward generation, Acts 2:40 "Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense,"... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Zechariah 2:7

Deliver: Genesis 19:17, Numbers 16:26, Numbers 16:34, Isaiah 48:20, Isaiah 52:11, Jeremiah 50:8, Jeremiah 51:6, Jeremiah 51:45, Acts 2:40, Revelation 18:4 that: Isaiah 52:2, Micah 4:10 daughter: The Babylonians were vanquished by the Persians, formerly their servants, under Darius Hystaspes, who took Babylon after a siege of twelve months, demolished its walls, and put 300,000 of the inhabitants to death. Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 36:23 - Who is there Psalms 137:8 - daughter Isaiah 47:1 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Zechariah 2:7

Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.Deliver thyself — Accept of thy deliverance. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 2:1-13

THE EIGHT NIGHT VISIONS, Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:8. About three months after Zechariah’s first utterance and five months after building operations on the temple were resumed (Haggai 1:15) there came to Zechariah in one single night a series of symbolical visions. Their significance was made plain to him by a heavenly interpreter. The visions have one common purpose, “the encouragement of the Jews to continue the work of restoring the temple and rebuilding the city and the re-establishing... read more