Zechariah 2:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Cross References

Isaiah 54:16

See, it is I who have created the smith who blows the fire of coals and produces a weapon fit for its purpose; I have also created the ravager to destroy.

Jeremiah 31:39

And the measuring line shall go out farther, straight to the hill Gareb, and shall then turn to Goah.

Jeremiah 48:25

The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 40:3

When he brought me there, a man was there whose appearance shone like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring reed in his hand, and he was standing in the gateway.

Ezekiel 40:5

Now there was a wall all around the outside of the temple area. The length of the measuring reed in the man’s hand was six long cubits, each being a cubit and a handbreadth in length, so he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed, and the height, one reed.

Ezekiel 47:3

Going on eastward with a cord in his hand, the man measured one thousand cubits and then led me through the water, and it was ankle-deep.

Ezekiel 47:4

Again he measured one thousand and led me through the water, and it was knee-deep. Again he measured one thousand and led me through the water, and it was up to the waist.

Daniel 7:7

After this I saw in the visions by night a fourth beast, terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth and was devouring, breaking in pieces, and stamping what was left with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that preceded it, and it had ten horns.

Zechariah 1:16

Therefore, thus says the Lord: I have returned to Jerusalem with compassion; my house shall be built in it, says the Lord of hosts, and a measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.

Zechariah 1:18

And I looked up and saw four horns.

Revelation 11:1

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Come and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there,

Revelation 21:15

The angel who talked to me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls.