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Zechariah 2:6

Salvation

4 and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.

5 For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”

“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.

7 “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”

8 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.
KJV
Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.
WEB
Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,’ says the LORD; ‘for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,’ says the LORD.
ASV
Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith Jehovah; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, saith Jehovah.
DARBY
Ho, ho! flee from the land of the north, saith Jehovah; for I have scattered you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, saith Jehovah.
BLB
“Up, up, and flee from the land of the north,” a declaration of YHWH, “For like the four winds of the heavens, I have scattered you⁺,” a declaration of YHWH.
ÅB
Hør! Hør! Flykt bort fra Nordens land, sier Herren; for jeg har spredt dere for himmelens fire vinder, sier Herren.
OTB
“Kom! Flykt fra landet i nord,” erklærer Herren, “for jeg har spredt dere til himmelens fire vinder,” erklærer Herren.
B1930
Hør! Hør! Fly bort fra Nordens land, sier Herren; for jeg har spredt eder for himmelens fire vinder, sier Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 48:20

    Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”

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  • Ezekiel 17:21

    All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’

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  • Ezekiel 11:16

    Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’

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  • Revelation 18:4

    Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:64

    Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

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  • Genesis 19:17

    As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

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  • Isaiah 52:11–12

    Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.

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  • Amos 9:9

    “For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.

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