(KJV) Zechariah 21

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⥃The Vision of the Measuring Line [ Ezekiel 40:1–4 ]

[1] I lifted2 up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man3 with a measuring line in his hand. [2] Then said I, Whither4 goest thou? And he said unto5 me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what [is] the breadth thereof, and what [is] the length thereof. [3] And, behold, the angel6 that talked with me went forth, and another7 angel went out to meet him, [4] And said unto him, Run, speak to this young8 man, saying, Jerusalem9 shall be inhabited [as] towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: [5] For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall10 of fire round about, and will be the glory11 in the midst of her.

⥃The Redemption of Zion [ Hosea 3:1–5 ]

[6] Ho12, ho, [come forth], and flee13 from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread14 you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord. [7] Deliver15 thyself, O Zion, that16 dwellest [with] the daughter17 of Babylon. [8] For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After18 the glory hath he sent19 me unto the nations20 which spoiled you: for21 he that toucheth you toucheth the apple22 of his eye. [9] For, behold, I will23 shake mine hand upon them, and they24 shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye25 shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.

[10] Sing and rejoice26, O daughter of Zion: for, lo27, I come, and I28 will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. [11] And many29 nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day30, and shall be my people31: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou32 shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee. [12] And the Lord shall inherit33 Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall34 choose Jerusalem again. [13] Be35 silent, O all flesh, befor36e the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation37.

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  1. Zech 2:1, God, in the care of Jerusalem, sends to measure it; Zech 2:6, The redemption of Zion; Zech 2:10, The promise of God’s presence. ↩

  2. Zech 1:18 ↩

  3. Zech 1:16; Ezek 40:3, Ezek 40:5, Ezek 47:4; Rev 11:1, Rev 21:15 ↩

  4. Zech 5:10; John 16:5 ↩

  5. Jer 31:39; Ezek 45:6, Ezek 48:15-17, Ezek 48:30-35; Rev 11:1, Rev 21:15-17 ↩

  6. Zech 1:9, Zech 1:13-14, Zech 1:19, Zech 4:1, Zech 4:5, Zech 5:5 ↩

  7. Zech 1:8, Zech 1:10-11 ↩

  8. Jer 1:6; Dan 1:17; 1Tim 4:12 ↩

  9. We learn from Josephus, that Jerusalem actually overflowed with inhabitants, and gradually extended itself beyond its walls, and that Herod Agrippa fortified the new part, called Bezetha. Zech 1:17, Zech 8:4-5, Zech 12:6, Zech 14:10-11; Isa 33:20, Isa 44:26; Jer 30:18-19, Jer 31:24, Jer 31:27; Jer 31:38-40, Jer 33:10-13; Ezek 36:10-11; Mic 7:11 ↩

  10. Zech 9:8; Ps 46:7-11, Ps 48:3, Ps 48:12; Isa 4:5, Isa 12:6, Isa 26:1-2, Isa 33:21, Isa 60:18-19 ↩

  11. Ps 3:3; Isa 60:19; Hag 2:7-9; Luke 2:32; Rev 21:10-11, Rev 21:23, Rev 22:3-5 ↩

  12. Ruth 4:1; Isa 55:1 ↩

  13. Zech 2:7; Gen 19:17; Isa 48:20, Isa 52:11-12; Jer 1:14, Jer 3:18, Jer 31:8, Jer 50:8, Jer 51:6; Jer 51:45, Jer 51:50; 2Cor 6:16-17; Rev 18:4 ↩

  14. Deut 28:64; Jer 15:4, Jer 31:10; Ezek 5:12, Ezek 11:16, Ezek 12:14-15, Ezek 17:21; Amos 9:9 ↩

  15. Gen 19:17; Num 16:26, Num 16:34; Isa 48:20, Isa 52:11; Jer 50:8, Jer 51:6, Jer 51:45; Acts 2:40; Rev 18:4 ↩

  16. Isa 52:2; Mic 4:10 ↩

  17. 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. ↩

  18. Zech 2:4-5, Zech 1:15-16; Isa 60:7-14 ↩

  19. Zech 2:9, Zech 2:11; Isa 48:15-16; Mal 3:1; John 14:23-24, John 14:26, John 15:21-23, John 17:18; 1John 4:9-10, 1John 4:14 ↩

  20. 2Kgs 24:2; Jer 50:17-18, Jer 51:34-35; Ezek 25:6-7, Ezek 25:12, Ezek 25:15, Ezek 26:2, Ezek 35:5; Joel 3:2-8; Amos 1:3-5, Amos 1:9, Amos 1:11, Amos 1:13; Obad 1:10-16; Mic 4:11, Mic 5:6, Mic 7:10; Hab 2:8, Hab 2:17; Zeph 2:8 ↩

  21. Gen 20:6; Ps 105:13-15; Acts 9:4; 2Thess 1:6 ↩

  22. Deut 32:10; Ps 17:8; Matt 25:40, Matt 25:45 ↩

  23. Isa 10:32, Isa 11:15, Isa 13:2, Isa 19:16 ↩

  24. Isa 14:2, Isa 33:1, Isa 33:23; Jer 27:7; Ezek 39:10; Hab 2:8, Hab 2:17; Zeph 2:9 ↩

  25. Zech 2:8, Zech 4:9, Zech 6:15; Jer 28:9; John 13:19, John 16:4 ↩

  26. Zech 9:9; Ps 47:1-9, Ps 98:1-3; Isa 12:6, Isa 35:10, Isa 40:9, Isa 42:10, Isa 51:11, Isa 52:9-10; Isa 54:1, Isa 61:10, Isa 65:18-19, Isa 66:14; Jer 30:19, Jer 31:12, Jer 33:11; Zeph 3:14-15; Phil 4:4 ↩

  27. Zech 14:5; Ps 40:7; Isa 40:9-11; Mal 3:1 ↩

  28. Zech 8:3; Lev 26:12; Ps 68:18; Ezek 37:27; Zeph 3:17; Matt 28:20; John 1:14; John 14:23; 2Cor 6:15-16; Rev 2:1, Rev 21:3 ↩

  29. Zech 8:20-23; Ps 22:27-30, Ps 68:29-31, Ps 72:8-11, Ps 72:17; Isa 2:2-5, Isa 11:9-10; Isa 19:24-25, Isa 42:1-4, Isa 45:14, Isa 49:6-7, Isa 49:22-23, Isa 52:10, Isa 60:3-7, Isa 66:19; Jer 16:19; Mal 1:11; Luke 2:32; Acts 28:28; 1Pet 2:9-10; Rev 11:15 ↩

  30. Zech 3:10 ↩

  31. Exod 12:49 ↩

  32. Zech 2:9; Ezek 33:33; John 17:21, John 17:23, John 17:25 ↩

  33. Exod 19:5-6; Deut 32:9; Ps 82:8, Ps 135:4; Jer 10:16, Jer 51:19 ↩

  34. Zech 1:17; Isa 41:9 ↩

  35. Ps 46:10; Hab 2:20; Zeph 1:7; Rom 3:19, Rom 9:20 ↩

  36. Ps 68:5, Ps 78:65; Isa 26:20-21, Isa 42:13-15, Isa 51:9, Isa 57:5; Zeph 3:8 ↩

  37. Heb. the habitation of his holiness, Deut 26:15; 2Chr 30:27 *marg. Ps 11:4, Ps 68:5; Isa 57:15, Isa 63:15; Jer 25:30 ↩