Zechariah 2:1-13
The third vision is that of a man with a measuring line, going up to measure Jerusalem, a symbol that that city would come under God's attention for blessing.
There are two other instances of the measuring reed or line indicating that the time has come for God's gracious intervention in blessing, namely, Ezekiel 40-48:35, and Revelation 11:1, 2.
Then follows a glowing description of how Jerusalem shall be inhabited as a city without walls, and of the protection that the Lord will be to His people, even as a wall of fire round about.
A good deal of speculation has been indulged in as to what the words, “After the glory,” can mean. Matthew 24:30 appears to solve the difficulty in showing us the Lord coming in glory, and then dealing with the nations in reference to Israel, as seen in the words, “When the Son of Man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory: and before Him shall be gathered all nations” (Matt. 25:31-32). How magnificently the chapter ends: “Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for He is raised up out of His holy habitation” (vs. 13).