Zechariah 2:7
5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
6 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.
Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”
- KJV
- Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
- WEB
- ‘Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.’
- ASV
- Ho Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
- DARBY
- Ho! escape, Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
- BLB
- “Up, O Zion, Escape, [you who] are dwelling with the daughter of Babylon.”
- ÅB
- Hør! Sion, berg deg unna, du som bor hos Babels datter!
- OTB
- “Kom, Sion! Røm, dere som bor hos Datter Babylon!”
- B1930
- Hør! Sion, berg dig unda, du som bor hos Babels datter!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 48:20
Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
Read in contextJeremiah 51:6
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
Read in contextGenesis 19:17
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Read in contextRevelation 18:4
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Read in contextIsaiah 52:11
Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
Read in contextActs 2:40
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
Read in contextNumbers 16:34
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
Read in contextIsaiah 52:2
Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
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