Zechariah 2:1

"Zechariah."

Key Reflection

In Zechariah 2:1, the name "Zechariah" at the beginning sets the context for what follows, likely indicating a vision or message from God to this prophet. The immediate verses that follow (2-3) reveal that this name signals an oracle concerning Jerusalem and its people, emphasizing their restoration and divine protection in the post-exilic period.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

A man with a measuring line in his hand -Probably the Angel of the Lord, of whom Ezekiel has a like vision. Jerome: “He who before, when he lift up his eyes, had seen in the four horns things mournful, now again lifts up his eves to see a man, of whom it is written, “Behold a man whose name is the Branch”Zechariah 6:12; of whom we read above, “Behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees, which were in the bottom”Zechariah 1:8. Of whom too the Father saith; He builded My city, “whose builder and maker is God”Hebrews 11:10.

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