Zakharia 2:1-5
Konteks2:1 (2:5) I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2:2 I asked, “Where are you going?” He replied, “To measure Jerusalem 1 in order to determine its width and its length.” 2:3 At this point the angelic messenger 2 who spoke to me went out, and another messenger came to meet him 2:4 and said to him, “Hurry, speak to this young man 3 as follows: ‘Jerusalem will no longer be enclosed by walls 4 because of the multitude of people and animals there. 2:5 But I (the Lord says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem 5 and the source of glory in her midst.’”
[2:2] 1 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[2:3] 2 tn See the note on the expression “angelic messenger” in 1:9.
[2:4] 3 sn That is, to Zechariah.
[2:4] 4 tn Heb “Jerusalem will dwell as open regions (פְּרָזוֹת, pÿrazot)”; cf. NAB “in open country”; CEV “won’t have any boundaries.” The population will be so large as to spill beyond the ancient and normal enclosures. The people need not fear, however, for the
[2:5] 5 tn Heb “her”; the referent (Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
