Zechariah 2:9

For I, saith Hashem, 1 will be unto her a chomat eish (wall of fire) round about, 1 and will be the kavod in the midst of her. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8And said unto him: Run, speak to this na'ar (young man) + 2:8 i.e. see 2:5 saying: 1 Yerushalayim shall be inhabited like unwalled cities 1 because of the multitude of men and cattle therein; 1

10Come, come, and flee 1 out of the Eretz Tzafon, saith Hashem; 1 for I have scattered you 1 like the Arbah Ruchot HaShomayim, saith Hashem. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 4:5And Hashem will create upon the whole place of Mount Tziyon, and upon her assemblies, an anan and smoke by yom, and the shining of a flaming eish by lailah; for upon all the kavod shall be a Chuppah.

Isaiah 11:15And Hashem shall utterly destroy the leshon Yam Mitzrayim (tongue of the Red Sea); 1 and with His scorchimg Ruach shall He shake His Yad over the Nahar, + 11:15 i.e., Euphrates River 1 and shall break it into seven streams, 1 and make men go over dryshod. 1

Isaiah 13:2Lift ye up a nes upon the high mountain, 1 exalt the voice unto them, 1 shake the yad, 1 that they may go into the gates of the nobles. 1

Isaiah 19:16In that day shall Mitzrayim be like nashim; and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the yad Hashem Tzva'os, which He shaketh against it.

Isaiah 33:1Hoy (woe, doom) to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; 1 and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously as a boged (traitor, treacherous person) with thee! 1 When thou shalt cease to destroy, thou shalt be destroyed; 1 and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously as a boged with thee. 1

Isaiah 33:23Thy riggings are loosed; 1 they could not well strengthen their mast, 1 they could not spread the nes (sail); 1 then is the shalal (spoil, plunder) of a great plunder divided; 1 the pisechim (lame ones) take the plunder. 1

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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