Zechariah 2:8

8 For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In the way of glory he has sent me to the nations which have taken your goods: for anyone touching you is touching what is most dear to him.

Zechariah 2:8 In-Context

6 Ho, ho! go in flight from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I have sent you far and wide to the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.
7 Ho! Zion, go in flight from danger, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.
8 For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In the way of glory he has sent me to the nations which have taken your goods: for anyone touching you is touching what is most dear to him.
9 For at the shaking of my hand over them, their goods will be taken by those who were their servants: and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me.
10 Give songs of joy, O daughter of Zion: for I come, and I will make my resting-place among you, says the Lord.
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