Zechariah 2:6-13

6 "Ho there! ¹Flee from the land of the north," declares the LORD, "for I have ²dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens," declares the LORD.

7 "Ho, Zion! ³Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon."

8 For thus says the LORD of hosts, "After ⁴glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the ⁵apple of His eye.

9 "For behold, I will ⁶wave My hand over them so that they will be ⁷plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me.

10 "⁸Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will ⁹dwell in your midst," declares the LORD.

11 "¹⁰Many nations will join themselves to the LORD in that day and will become My people. Then I will ¹¹dwell in your midst, and you will ¹²know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you.

12 "The LORD will ¹³possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again ¹⁴choose Jerusalem.

13 "¹⁵Be silent, all flesh, before * the LORD; for He is ¹⁶aroused from His holy habitation."

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Zechariah 2:6-13 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 16

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

Footnotes 5

[a]. Lit "Ho! Ho!"
[b]. Or "the glory"
[c]. Lit "pupil"
[d]. Or "inherit"
[e]. Lit "Hush"