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 [Zech. 1:16]. “I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies.” God had come back to deal with His people in mercy. The Scriptures tell us that He is rich in mercy. “A line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.” There are those who believe that this “line” stretching forth upon Jerusalem means that there would be a great building
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