Translation
The one speaking to me had a measuring rod
of gold,
so that he could measure
the city,
its gates
and its walls.
Go to footnote numberParaphrase
The one speaking to me had a way to make a proper evaluation of people’s internal qualities, his method was pure, without any fraud, or manipulation, enabling him to get an accurate evaluation of the people of God, of how well the access points had been managed, and of how well the people had been protected.
Footnotes
1: “Measure the city, its gates and its walls”
I trust you have already noticed that this evaluation concerns our part and God’s part. We must keep ourselves pure (with God’s help), He does the protecting, and we are both involved in managing what comes in and what goes out of our lives, i.e. the access points.