Zechariah 2:4-13

4 and said to him, "Run, speak to that ¹young man, saying, '²Jerusalem will be inhabited ^[a]³without walls because of the ⁴multitude of men and cattle within it.

5 'For I,' declares the LORD, 'will be a ⁵wall of fire around her, and I will be the ⁶glory in her midst.' "

6 "Ho there! ⁷Flee from the land of the north," declares the LORD, "for I have ⁸dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens," declares the LORD.

7 "Ho, Zion! ⁹Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon."

8 For thus says the LORD of hosts, "After ¹⁰glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the ¹¹apple of His eye.

9 "For behold, I will ¹²wave My hand over them so that they will be ¹³plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me.

10 "¹⁴Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will ¹⁵dwell in your midst," declares the LORD.

11 "¹⁶Many nations will join themselves to the LORD in that day and will become My people. Then I will ¹⁷dwell in your midst, and you will ¹⁸know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you.

12 "The LORD will ¹⁹possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again ²⁰choose Jerusalem.

13 "²¹Be silent, all flesh, before * the LORD; for He is ²²aroused from His holy habitation."

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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 22

1. Jeremiah 1:6; Daniel 1:4; 1 Timothy 4:12
2. Zechariah 1:17; Zechariah 8:4
3. Ezekiel 38:11
4. Isaiah 49:20; Jeremiah 30:19; Jeremiah 33:22
5. Isaiah 4:5; Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 60:18
6. Haggai 2:9; Zechariah 2:10, 11
7. Jeremiah 3:18
8. Jeremiah 31:10; Ezekiel 11:16
9. Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 51:6
10. Isaiah 60:7-9
11. Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalms 17:8
12. Isaiah 19:16
13. Isaiah 14:2
14. Isaiah 65:18, 19; Zechariah 9:9
15. Zechariah 2:5; Zechariah 8:3
16. Micah 4:2
17. Zechariah 2:5, 10
18. Zechariah 2:9
19. Deuteronomy 32:9; Psalms 33:12; Jeremiah 10:16
20. 2 Chronicles 6:6; Psalms 132:13, 14; Zechariah 1:17
21. Habakkuk 2:20; Zephaniah 1:7
22. Psalms 78:65; Isaiah 51:9

Footnotes 7

[a]. Lit like "unwalled villages;" or like "open country"
[b]. Lit "to her"
[c]. Lit "Ho! Ho!"
[d]. Or "the glory"
[e]. Lit "pupil"
[f]. Or "inherit"
[g]. Lit "Hush"