Zechariah 2:5

For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire around her, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4and said to him, “Run and tell to that young man that Jerusalem will be inhabited like a village without walls, because so many people and cattle will live there.

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

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Cross References

Psalms 3:3But you, Lord, are shield about me, my glory, who lifts up my head.

Psalms 48:3Once God made himself known as the defence of her palaces.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 2:2-6

The Vision of the Measuring Line. ( b. c. 520.) 1 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. 3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, 4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of… Read the whole commentary →

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