“Look, I made the blacksmith. {\cf2\super [431]} He blows on fire to make it hotter. Then he takes the hot iron and makes the kind of tool he wants to make. In the same way, I made the ‘Destroyer’ that destroys things.
Zechariah 2:1 - Easy To Read Version Then I looked up, and I saw a man holding a rope for measuring things. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AND I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. American Standard Version (1901) And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. Common English Bible Then I looked up and saw a man. In his hand was a measuring line. Catholic Public Domain Version And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw, and behold, a man, and in his hand was a measuring line. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold a man, with a measuring line in his hand. |
“Look, I made the blacksmith. {\cf2\super [431]} He blows on fire to make it hotter. Then he takes the hot iron and makes the kind of tool he wants to make. In the same way, I made the ‘Destroyer’ that destroys things.
The measuring line {\cf2\super [263]} will stretch from the Corner Gate straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn to the place named Gorah.
Moab’s strength has been cut off.\par Moab’s arm has been broken.”\par The Lord said these things.\par
The Lord brought me there. There was a man there that looked \{shiny\} like \{polished\} bronze. That man had a cloth tape measure and a measuring rod in his hand. He was standing by the gate.
I saw a wall that went all the way around the outside of the temple. {\cf2\super [310]} In the man’s hand there was a ruler for measuring things. It was 6 cubits {\cf2\super [311]} long using the long measurement. {\cf2\super [312]} So the man measured the thickness of the wall. It was one ruler {\cf2\super [313]} thick. The man measured the height of the wall. It was one ruler tall.
The man walked east with a tape measure in his hand. He measured 1,000 cubits. {\cf2\super [464]} Then he told me to walk through the water at that place. The water was only ankle deep.
The man measured another 1,000 cubits. Then he told me to walk through the water at that place. There, the water came up to my knees. Then he measured another 1,000 cubits and told me to walk through the water at that place. There, the water was waist deep.
“After that, in my vision {\cf2\super [74]} at night I looked, and there in front of me was a fourth animal. This animal looked very mean and terrible. It looked very strong. It had large iron teeth. This animal crushed and ate up its victims. {\cf2\super [75]} And this animal walked on whatever was left of its victims. This fourth animal was different from all the animals I saw before it. This animal had ten horns.
So the Lord says,\par “I will come back to Jerusalem\par and comfort her.”\par The Lord All-Powerful says,\par “Jerusalem will be built again.\par And my house will be built there.”\par
Then I was given a measuring rod as long as a walking stick. I was told, “Go and measure the temple {\cf2\super [80]} of God and the altar, {\cf2\super [81]} and count the people worshiping there.
The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod made of gold. The angel had this rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.