Zechariah 2:12
For thus saith the Lord Almighty; After the glory has he sent me to the nations that spoiled you: for he that touches you is as one that touches the apple of his eye.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
In Context
11even to Zion: deliver yourselves, ye that dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:9And his people Jacob became the portion of the Lord, 1 Israel was the line of his inheritance. 1
Psalms 82:8Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; 1 The Philistines also, with them that dwell at Tyre. 1
Psalms 135:4To him who alone has wrought great wonders: 1 For his mercy endures forever. 1
Isaiah 41:9whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and from the high places of it I have called thee, and said to thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and I have not forsaken thee.
Jeremiah 30:16Behold, he shall look upon her as an eagle, and spread forth his wings over her strongholds; and the heart of the mighty men of Edom shall be in that day as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 2:11-13
Zion's Prosperity Predicted. ( b. c. 520.) 10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord . 11 And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee. 12 And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. 13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord : for he is raised up out of… Read the whole commentary →