Zechariah 2:4-13

4 and said to him, "Run, say to that young man, ¹'Jerusalem shall be inhabited ²as villages without walls, because of ³the multitude of people and livestock in it.

5 And I will be to her ⁴a wall of fire all around, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory in her midst.'"

6 Up! Up! ⁵Flee from the land of the north, declares the LORD. For I have ⁶spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the LORD.

7 ⁷Up! 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, ⁸for he who touches you touches ⁹the apple of his eye:

9 "Behold, ¹⁰I will shake my hand over them, ¹¹and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then ¹²you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me.

10 ¹³Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for ¹⁴behold, I come ¹⁵and I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD.

11 ¹⁶And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people. ¹⁷And I will dwell in your midst, and ¹⁸you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.

12 ¹⁹And the LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again ²⁰choose Jerusalem."

13 Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.

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Zechariah 2:4-13 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 20

1. [Zechariah 12:6; Zechariah 14:10, 11]
2. See Esther 9:19
3. Isaiah 49:19; Jeremiah 31:27
4. Isaiah 4:5; [Zechariah 9:8; Psalms 125:2]
5. Isaiah 48:20
6. [Zechariah 7:14; Ezekiel 5:10; Ezekiel 17:21]
7. [Isaiah 52:11]
8. Jeremiah 12:14
9. See Deuteronomy 32:10
10. Isaiah 11:15; Isaiah 19:16
11. Ezekiel 39:10
12. Zechariah 4:9; Zechariah 6:15; Ezekiel 33:33
13. See Zephaniah 3:14
14. Psalms 40:7
15. Zechariah 8:3; Isaiah 12:6; Ezekiel 37:27; Zephaniah 3:15; 2 Corinthians 6:16; See Leviticus 26:12
16. Zechariah 8:22; See Isaiah 2:2
17. [See ver. 10 above]
18. [See ver. 9 above]
19. See Deuteronomy 32:9
20. Zechariah 1:17; [Habakkuk 2:20]

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or he sent me after glory

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