Zechariah 2:6-9

6 Up! Up! 1Flee from the land of the north, declares the LORD. For I have 2spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the LORD.
7 3Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
8 For thus said the LORD of hosts, after his glory sent me[a] to the nations who plundered you, 4for he who touches you touches 5the apple of his eye:
9 "Behold, 6I will shake my hand over them, 7and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then 8you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me.

Zechariah 2:6-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH 2

This chapter contains a prophecy of the church under the Gospel dispensation; of the largeness and numbers of it; and of its protection and glory, through the presence of God in it. In this vision a man is seen with a measuring line in his hand, to measure Jerusalem with, Zec 2:1,2 upon which an angel bids the angel that talked with the prophet to declare to him the largeness, populousness, and safety of Jerusalem, Zec 2:3-5 then follows an exhortation to the people of God to come out of Babylon, Zec 2:6,7 and then a promise of the calling of the Gentiles, and of God's gracious inhabitation in his church, which would be matter of joy to Zion; and of his inheriting Judah, and choosing Jerusalem Zec 2:8-12 and the chapter is concluded with an address to all mankind, to be silent before the Lord, since he was raised up out of his habitation, Zec 2:13.

Cross References 8

  • 1. Isaiah 48:20
  • 2. [Zechariah 7:14; Ezekiel 5:10; Ezekiel 17:21]
  • 3. [Isaiah 52:11]
  • 4. Jeremiah 12:14
  • 5. See Deuteronomy 32:10
  • 6. Isaiah 11:15; Isaiah 19:16
  • 7. Ezekiel 39:10
  • 8. Zechariah 4:9; Zechariah 6:15; Ezekiel 33:33

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or he sent me after glory
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