Zechariah 2:5

Sermon Bible Commentary - Zechariah 2:1-13

Zechariah 2:1-13 I. In this vision God presented to the prophet, and through him to the nation at large, the prospect and the assurance of the restoration of Jerusalem, and the re-establishment of the Jewish state as it had been before the captivity. The city should not only be rebuilt, but greatly extended; the temple should be restored, and the worship of Jehovah resumed; His presence should be with His people, and they should enjoy His protection; and whilst they were thus blessed judgment... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Zechariah 2:5

DISCOURSE: 1240GOD THE PROTECTION AND GLORY OF HIS PEOPLEZechariah 2:5. I, saith the Lord, will he unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.IF some of the prophecies of Zechariah be dark and intricate, some are peculiarly clear. Such is that in the close of the preceding chapter, respecting “four horns, and four carpenters;”—“the horns” denoting the enemies who had scattered Israel; and “the carpenters,” those whom God would raise up for their restoration... read more

Chuck Smith

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 2:5

Zechariah 2:5I will be unto her a wall of fire Zion’s protectionI.The people that shall be thus defended. It is Jerusalem that is to be defended; and that will include three things: the temple, the habitations of the people, and the people themselves. The people of God are spoken of as the temple of God. Do we belong to the temple of the Lord? If we belong to the temple of the Lord, the Lord Jesus Christ will be our only foundation. There are two things that make the Lord Jesus the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 2:5

Zec 2:5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. Ver. 5. For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire ] Igneus qui et cominus arceat et eminus terreat (Theodor.). The Church (Christ’s garden) may seem to lie open to all incursions and disadvantages; but as it hath a well within it, Song of Solomon 4:15 , so it hath a wall without it, yea, round about it, better and stronger than that about Babylon, or Susa in... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Zechariah 2:5

a wall: Zechariah 9:8, Psalms 46:7-1 Kings :, Psalms 48:3, Psalms 48:12, Isaiah 4:5, Isaiah 12:6, Isaiah 26:1, Isaiah 26:2, Isaiah 33:21, Isaiah 60:18, Isaiah 60:19 the glory: Psalms 3:3, Isaiah 60:19, Haggai 2:7-1 Samuel :, Luke 2:32, Revelation 21:10, Revelation 21:11, Revelation 21:23, Revelation 22:3-Deuteronomy : Reciprocal: Exodus 14:22 - a wall Deuteronomy 1:33 - in fire 1 Samuel 25:16 - a wall Ezra 9:9 - a wall Job 1:10 - an hedge Psalms 46:5 - God is Psalms 51:18 - build Psalms 85:9... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Zechariah 2:5

For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.The glory — My presence and favour shall make her glorious. 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

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 2:4-5

4, 5. And said unto him The interpreting angel is the speaker. The other angel becomes his servant, so that he himself may remain with the prophet, whose guide and interpreter he is to be throughout the entire series of visions. Run, speak to this young man Not to the prophet, but to the man with the measuring line, who meanwhile had gone to his task. The messenger is exhorted to run, so that the man may be stopped quickly, for his efforts are wasted. As towns without walls The new... read more