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Zechariah 2:4 KJV
Zechariah · chapter 2 · verse 4
And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:Zechariah 2:4 · King James Version
Zechariah 2:4 in context
2Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
3And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
4And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
5For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
6Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- inhabitedyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- multituderôbabundanceH7230 →
- cattlebᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beastH929 →
- speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- wallspᵉrâzâhan open countryH6519 →
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This prophet was ordered, in God's name, to assure the people (Zac 1:16) that a line should be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. Now here we have that promise illustrated and confirmed, that the prophet might deliver that part of his message to the people with the more clearness and assurance. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5