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 Prophetic fulfillment

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.

Amos 7:7 Contrast

In Amos 7:7, a plumbline appears as a measuring tool for judgment, echoing the measuring line here but with a different purpose.