Zechariah 2:3-4

Zechariah 2:3-4

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

What does Zechariah 2:3-4 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Another angel, possibly the angel of the Lord ( Zechariah 1:11-12), came forward to meet Zechariah"s guiding angel as he was going out toward the "man" with the measuring line. He instructed him to tell "that young Prayer of Manasseh ," Zechariah , that Jerusalem would expand beyond its walls because so many people and cattle would live in it (cf. Ezekiel 38:11). Another interpretation is that the young man was the angel with the measuring line. [1] But it seems more probable that the other angel gave this revelation to Zechariah directly. During the restoration period, the Jews built walls around the city to make it secure, yet few people wanted to live in it (cf. Nehemiah 11:1-2; Nehemiah 7:4). This prophecy must have a future fulfillment, though it doubtless encouraged Zechariah"s contemporaries to rebuild the city in their day. [2]