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Chapter 2

I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

lifted

1:18

a man

1:16 Ezekiel 40:3,5 47:4 Revelation 11:1 21:15

Then 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.

Whither

5:10 John 16:5

To

Jeremiah 31:39 Ezekiel 45:6 48:15-17,30-35 Revelation 11:1 21:15-17

And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

the angel

1:9,13,14,19 4:1,5 5:5

and another

1:8,10,11

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:

young

Jeremiah 1:6 Daniel 1:17 1 Timothy 4:12

Jerusalem

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.

1:17 8:4,5 12:6 14:10,11 Isaiah 33:20 44:26 Jeremiah 30:18,19 31:24,27 Jeremiah 31:38-40 33:10-13 Ezekiel 36:10,11 Micah 7:11

For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

a wall

9:8 Psalms 46:7-11 48:3,12 Isaiah 4:5 12:6 26:1,2 33:21 60:18,19

the glory

Psalms 3:3 Isaiah 60:19 Haggai 2:7-9 Luke 2:32 Revelation 21:10,11,23 22:3-5

Ho, 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.

ho

Ruth 4:1 Isaiah 55:1

and flee

7 Genesis 19:17 Isaiah 48:20 52:11,12 Jeremiah 1:14 3:18 31:8 50:8 51:6 Jeremiah 51:45,50 2 Corinthians 6:16,17 Revelation 18:4

spread

Deuteronomy 28:64 Jeremiah 15:4 31:10 Ezekiel 5:12 11:16 12:14,15 17:21 Amos 9:9

Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

Deliver

Genesis 19:17 Numbers 16:26,34 Isaiah 48:20 52:11 Jeremiah 50:8 51:6,45 Acts 2:40 Revelation 18:4

that

Isaiah 52:2 Micah 4:10

daughter

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.

For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

After

4,5 1:15,16 Isaiah 60:7-14

sent

9,11 Isaiah 48:15,16 Malachi 3:1 John 14:23,24,26 15:21-23 17:18 1 John 4:9,10,14

the nations

2 Kings 24:2 Jeremiah 50:17,18 51:34,35 Ezekiel 25:6,7,12,15 26:2 35:5 Joel 3:2-8 Amos 1:3-5,9,11,13 Obadiah 1:10-16 Micah 4:11 5:6 7:10 Habakkuk 2:8,17 Zephaniah 2:8

for

Genesis 20:6 Psalms 105:13-15 Acts 9:4 2 Thessalonians 1:6

the apple

Deuteronomy 32:10 Psalms 17:8 Matthew 25:40,45

For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.

I will

Isaiah 10:32 11:15 13:2 19:16

and they

Isaiah 14:2 33:1,23 Jeremiah 27:7 Ezekiel 39:10 Habakkuk 2:8,17 Zephaniah 2:9

and ye

8 4:9 6:15 Jeremiah 28:9 John 13:19 16:4

Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.

and rejoice

9:9 Psalms 47:1-9 98:1-3 Isaiah 12:6 35:10 40:9 42:10 51:11 52:9,10 Isaiah 54:1 61:10 65:18,19 66:14 Jeremiah 30:19 31:12 33:11 Zephaniah 3:14,15 Philippians 4:4

lo

14:5 Psalms 40:7 Isaiah 40:9-11 Malachi 3:1

and I

8:3 Leviticus 26:12 Psalms 68:18 Ezekiel 37:27 Zephaniah 3:17 Matthew 28:20 John 1:14 John 14:23 2 Corinthians 6:15,16 Revelation 2:1 21:3

And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

many

8:20-23 Psalms 22:27-30 68:29-31 72:8-11,17 Isaiah 2:2-5 11:9,10 Isaiah 19:24,25 42:1-4 45:14 49:6,7,22,23 52:10 60:3-7 66:19 Jeremiah 16:19 Malachi 1:11 Luke 2:32 Acts 28:28 1 Peter 2:9,10 Revelation 11:15

in that day

3:10

my people

Exodus 12:49

thou

9 Ezekiel 33:33 John 17:21,23,25

And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

inherit

Exodus 19:5,6 Deuteronomy 32:9 Psalms 82:8 135:4 Jeremiah 10:16 51:19

and shall

1:17 Isaiah 41:9

Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

Be

Psalms 46:10 Habakkuk 2:20 Zephaniah 1:7 Romans 3:19 9:20

for

Psalms 68:5 78:65 Isaiah 26:20,21 42:13-15 51:9 57:5 Zephaniah 3:8

his holy habitation

Heb. the habitation of his holiness.

Deuteronomy 26:15 2 Chronicles 30:27 *marg:; Psalms 11:4 68:5 Isaiah 57:15 63:15 Jeremiah 25:30