Zechariah 2:5-11

5 'For I,' declares the LORD, 'will be a ¹wall of fire around her, and I will be the ²glory in her midst.' "

6 "Ho there! ³Flee from the land of the north," declares the LORD, "for I have ⁴dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens," declares the LORD.

7 "Ho, Zion! ⁵Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon."

8 For thus says the LORD of hosts, "After ⁶glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the ⁷apple of His eye.

9 "For behold, I will ⁸wave My hand over them so that they will be ⁹plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me.

10 "¹⁰Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will ¹¹dwell in your midst," declares the LORD.

11 "¹²Many nations will join themselves to the LORD in that day and will become My people. Then I will ¹³dwell in your midst, and you will ¹⁴know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you.

Zechariah 2:5-11 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

• 1. Isaiah 4:5; Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 60:18
• 2. Haggai 2:9; Zechariah 2:10, 11
• 3. Jeremiah 3:18
• 4. Jeremiah 31:10; Ezekiel 11:16
• 5. Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 51:6
• 6. Isaiah 60:7-9
• 7. Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalms 17:8
• 8. Isaiah 19:16
• 9. Isaiah 14:2
• 10. Isaiah 65:18, 19; Zechariah 9:9
• 11. Zechariah 2:5; Zechariah 8:3
• 12. Micah 4:2
• 13. Zechariah 2:5, 10
• 14. Zechariah 2:9

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "to her"
• [b]. Lit "Ho! Ho!"
• [c]. Or "the glory"
• [d]. Lit "pupil"