Zechariah 2:8
Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, For his own honour, hath he sent me unto the nations that are spoiling you,—Surely, he that toucheth you, toucheth the pupil of mine eye.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
7Ho! Zion, deliver thyself,—thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. For,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:10He met him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness,—He encompassed him watched over him, Shielded him as the pupil of his own eye.
Psalms 17:8Guard me, as the pupil of the eye,—Under the shadow of thy wings, wilt thou hide me:
Isaiah 48:15I—I, have spoken, Yea I have called him,—I have brought him in, and he shall make prosperous his way.
Isaiah 60:7All the flocks of Kedar, shall be gathered unto thee, The rams of Nebaioth, shall wait upon thee,—They shall come up, with acceptance, on mine altar, And my beautiful house, will I adorn.
Jeremiah 51:34Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon—Hath devoured me Hath vexed me, Hath set me down as an empty vessel, He hath swallowed me like a sea-monster, He hath filled his belly with my dainties,—He hath driven me away!
Ezekiel 25:12Thus, saith My Lord. Yahweh, Because of what Edom hath done, in taking vengeance on the house of Judah, so that they have become guilty again and again and have taken vengeance upon them,
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 →