Zechariah 2:3

3 While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him

Zechariah 2:3 in Other Translations

3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

3 And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him

3 Then the angel who was with me went to meet a second angel who was coming toward him.

3 Just then the Messenger-Angel on his way out

3 Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him.

Zechariah 2:3 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 2:3

And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth
See ( Zechariah 1:9 Zechariah 1:13 Zechariah 1:14 Zechariah 1:19 ) and he "went forth" from the place where the prophet was, with whom he had been conversing: and another angel went out to meet him:
the same that was seen among the myrtle trees, ( Zechariah 1:8 ) and here, with a measuring line in his hand, ( Zechariah 2:1 ) .

Zechariah 2:3 In-Context

1 Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand.

2 I asked, “Where are you going?” He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.”

3 While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him

4 and said to him: “Run, tell that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of people and animals in it.

5 And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will be its glory within.’