shall be built in it. The Temple therefore had not yet been commenced.
a line shall be stretched, &c. f. e.. measuring-line. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for the whole work of building. Compare Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 2:2.
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Zechariah 1:16
16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.