Zechariah 2:1. a man Probably an angel in human form, called a "young man," Zechariah 2:4, where see note

a measuring line The word is not the same as in Zechariah 1:16; but the promise there is taken up here, and its literal fulfilment, which the action of the man with the line seemed about to secure, is merged in a greater blessing. In Ezekiel 40:3; Revelation 11:1; Revelation 21:15, a reed is used, in addition to, or instead of, a line as here.

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