And when (A)the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the water came up to my ankles.

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As the man went eastward with a measuring line(A) in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits[a] and then led me through water that was ankle-deep.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 47:3 That is, about 1,700 feet or about 530 meters

Vision of the Measuring Line

Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, (A)a man with a measuring line in his hand.

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A Man With a Measuring Line

[a]Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1-13 is numbered 2:5-17.

So I said, “Where are you going?”

And he said to me, (A)“To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

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I asked, “Where are you going?”

He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.”(A)

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