Zechariah 2:1
I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Cross-references
Zechariah 1:16 promises a line will be stretched over Jerusalem — here the man with the measuring line fulfills that word.
Zechariah 1:18 begins a visionary sequence with 'lifted up my eyes' — the same phrase introduces each vision in this series.
Ezekiel 40:5 also features a man with a measuring reed in a temple vision, reinforcing the prophetic measuring motif.
Revelation 11:1 echoes this vision as John is given a measuring rod to measure the temple, a clear parallel.
Revelation 21:15 shows an angel measuring the New Jerusalem with a gold rod, directly paralleling the measurement of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 31:39 prophesies the measuring line extending in Jerusalem's restoration, a very similar restoration context.
Ezekiel 47:3 explicitly shows the man going out with a measuring line in hand, nearly identical imagery.
Ezekiel 40:3 also depicts a man with a measuring line in a temple vision — a parallel prophetic measuring scene.
In Amos 7:7, a plumbline appears as a measuring tool for judgment, echoing the measuring line here but with a different purpose.