Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what [is] the breadth thereof, and what [is] the length thereof.
Ver. 2. Whither goest thou?] This was great boldness; but the prophet understood himself well enough; and Christ approves and assents to it in a gracious answer here, and especially Zechariah 2:4. Great is the confidence of a good conscience toward God, 1 Peter 3:21. See Isa 63:16-17 Habakkuk 1:12. We may come boldly to the throne of grace, Hebrews 4:16 .
To measure Jerusalem] This had been promised before, Zechariah 1:16. But for their further confirmation, who saw a little likelihood of such a rebuilding and repeopling, it is repeated. Thus the Lord, tending our infirmity, seals to us again and again in the holy sacrament, what he had said and sworn to us in his word.