Zechariah 2:8
6 “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!”
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—
9 I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.”
10 “Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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—
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- For the LORD of Armies says: ‘For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.
- ASV
- For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: After glory hath he sent me unto the nations which plundered you; for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
- DARBY
- For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: After the glory, hath he sent me unto the nations that made you a spoil; for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
- BLB
- For thus says YHWH of Hosts: “After [His] Glory sent me to the nations [who] are plundering you⁺—for the one touching you⁺ is touching the apple of His eye—
- ÅB
- For så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: For sin æres skyld har han sendt meg til hedningefolkene som plyndret dere; for den som rører ved dere, rører ved hans øyesten;
- OTB
- For dette er hva Herren, hærskarenes Gud, sier: “Etter herlighet har sendt meg mot de nasjonene som har plyndret dere—for den som rører dere, rører Hans øyensten—
- B1930
- For så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: For sin æres skyld har han sendt mig til hedningefolkene som plyndret eder; for den som rører ved eder, rører ved hans øiesten;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 17:8
Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:10
He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
Read in contextJohn 15:21–23
But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
Read in contextJohn 14:26
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 1:6
After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
Read in contextPsalms 105:13–15
they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
Read in contextMatthew 25:40
And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
Read in contextJoel 3:2–8
I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.
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