Zechariah 2:6-9

6 Up! Up! ¹Flee from the land of the north, declares the Lord. For I have ²spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the Lord.

7 ³Up! 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, ⁴for he who touches you touches ⁵the apple of his eye:

9 “Behold, ⁶I will shake my hand over them, ⁷and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then ⁸you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.

Zechariah 2:6-9 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. 2:6 Isa. 48:20
• 2. 2:6 [ch. 7:14; Ezek. 5:10; 17:21]
• 3. 2:7 [Isa. 52:11]
• 4. 2:8 Jer. 12:14
• 5. 2:8 See Deut. 32:10
• 6. 2:9 Isa. 11:15; 19:16
• 7. 2:9 Ezek. 39:10
• 8. 2:9 ch. 4:9; 6:15; Ezek. 33:33

Footnotes

• [a] 2:8 Or 'he sent me after glory'