Zechariah 2:8
For after Yahweh of hosts honored me and sent me against the nations that plundered you— 1 for whoever touches you, touches the apple of God's eye!—after Yahweh did this, he said, 1
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7Up! Escape to Zion, you who live with the daughter of Babylon!'” 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, 1 and in the barren and howling wilderness; 1 he shielded him and cared for him, 1 he guarded him as the apple of his eye. 1
Psalms 17:8Protect me like the apple of your eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings 1
Isaiah 48:15I, I have spoken, yes, I have summoned him, I have brought him, and he will succeed. 1
Isaiah 60:7All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth will serve your needs; 1 they will be acceptable offerings on my altar; and I will glorify my glorious house. 1
Jeremiah 51:34'Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me, 1 he has driven me into confusion and has made me an empty pot. 1 Like a monster he has swallowed me, 1 he has filled his stomach with my delicious foods, 1 and then he has spit me out.' 1
Ezekiel 25:12The Lord Yahweh says this, 'Edom has taken vengeance against the house of Judah and has committed wrong in doing so.
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 →