Behold, I created the smith who blows the fire of coals and produces a weapon for its work, and I created the destroyer to ruin.
Zechariah 2:1 - Tree of Life Version Then I lifted up my eyes and behold, I saw four horns! 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. |
Behold, I created the smith who blows the fire of coals and produces a weapon for its work, and I created the destroyer to ruin.
Then the whole valley—the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields up to the Kidron Valley to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east—will be holy to Adonai. It will never be uprooted or thrown down again—forever.”
The horn of Moab is cut off and his arm is broken!” It is a declaration of Adonai.
He brought me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze. He had a linen cord in his hand and a measuring rod. He was standing in the gateway.
Behold, an outer wall was all around the House. The measuring rod in the man’s hand was six cubits long, each of which was a normal cubit and a handbreadth. When he measured the thickness of the wall structure, it was one rod, and the height was one rod.
When the man went out eastward with a line in his hand, he measured a 1,000 cubits. Then he led me into the water—water to the ankles.
Again he measured a 1,000, and led me into the water—water to the knees. Again he measured a 1,000, and he led me into the water—water up to the waist.
“After this in my vision at night, I looked and behold there was a fourth beast—terrifying, frightening, tremendously strong, with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed—and anything that was left it trampled with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that came before it; it had ten horns.
“Therefore,” thus says Adonai, “I will return to Jerusalem with compassion. My House will be built there,” declares Adonai-Tzva’ot “and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.”
Then a measuring rod like a staff was given to me, saying, “Get up and measure the Temple of God and the altar, and count those worshiping in it.
The angel speaking with me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.