Zechariah 2:8

This is what the Lord of hosts says to the nations which plundered you: Whoever touches you touches the apple of my eye.

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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.

In Context

7Up, escape to Zion, you who live in Babylon.

9I will raise my hand against them. They will be plunder for their own slaves; and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.

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Cross References

Psalms 17:8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me in the shelter of your wings.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 2:7-10

Zion Invited to Liberty. ( b. c. 520.) 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 . 7 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:… Read the whole commentary →

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