The man with a measuring line the speaker sees
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Zechariah 2:1–5: the speaker (“I”) says, “I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.” The text goes on, “Then I asked, ‘Where are you going?’ He said to me, ‘To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.’ Behold, the angel who talked with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him, and said to him, ‘Run, speak to this young man, saying, “Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it. For I,” says the LORD, “will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the middle of her.”’” Neither edition closes these words at the end of 2:5. Neither edition says who the young man is. The Korean Revised Version names no one spoken to at 2:4 (이르되), where WEB reads “and said to him”.
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- ZEC 2:1–5, engwebp
1I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2Then I asked, “Where are you going?” He said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”
3Behold, the angel who talked with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him,
4and said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.
5For I,’ says the LORD, ‘will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the middle of her.
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Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.
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Zechariah (son of Iddo) — Took part in — The man with a measuring line the speaker sees
Evidence: Zechariah 2:1–5
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Current wording: Zechariah 2:1–5: the speaker (“I”) says, “I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.” The text goes on, “Then I asked, ‘Where are you going?’ He said to me, ‘To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.’ Behold, the angel who talked with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him, and said to him, ‘Run, speak to this young man, saying, “Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it. For I,” says the LORD, “will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the middle of her.”’” Neither edition closes these words at the end of 2:5. Neither edition says who the young man is. The Korean Revised Version names no one spoken to at 2:4 (이르되), where WEB reads “and said to him”.
Cited evidence: ZEC 2:1–5, engwebp
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