Zechariah 2:7

7 "Ho, Zion! 1Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon."

Zechariah 2:7 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 2:7

Deliver thyself, O Zion
Or make thy escape, you that belong to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, and ought to have your abode there, and not in Babylon: flee from thence, that dwelleth [with] the daughter of Babylon;
in any of the antichristian states, who are the daughters of Babylon, the mother of harlots, ( Revelation 17:5 ) so it may be rendered, "that inhabits the daughter of Babylon" F11; dwells in any of the cities, towns, and villages, belonging to it.


FOOTNOTES:

F11 (lbb tb tbvwy) , (oi katoikountev yugatera babulwnov) , Sept.; "habitatrix filiae Babel", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; "[vel] inhabitans filiam Babel", De Dieu.

Zechariah 2:7 In-Context

5 'For I,' declares the LORD , 'will be a wall of fire around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.' "
6 "Ho there! Flee from the land of the north," declares the LORD , "for I have dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens," declares the LORD .
7 "Ho, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon."
8 For thus says the LORD of hosts, "After glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.
9 "For behold, I will wave My hand over them so that they will be plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 51:6
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