Zechariah 2 · Verse 13

Zechariah 2:13

Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
Zechariah 2:13, King James Version

Zechariah 2:13 in other translations

BSBBe silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
WEBBe silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!”
ASVBe silent, all flesh, before Jehovah; for he is waked up out of his holy habitation.
YLTHush, all flesh, because of Jehovah, For He hath been roused up from His holy habitation!'
DARBYLet all flesh be silent before Jehovah; for he is risen up out of his holy habitation.
BBELet all flesh be quiet and make no sound before the Lord: for he is awake and has come from his holy resting-place.
WebsterBe silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

What does Zechariah 2:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. Be silent, O all flesh--(Ha 2:20). "Let all in silent awe and reverence await the Lord's coming interposition in behalf of His people!" The address is both to the Gentile foes, who prided themselves on their power as if irresistible, and to the unbelieving Jews, who distrusted God's promises as incredible. Three reasons why they must be silent are implied: (1) they are but "flesh," weak and ignorant; (2) He is Jehovah, all-wise and all-powerful; (3) He is already "raised up out of His place," and who can stand before Him? [Pembellus], (Psa 76:8, 9). he is raised up out of his holy habitation--that is, out of heaven (De 26:15; 2Ch 30:27; Is 63:15), to judge and avenge His people (Is 26:21); or, "out of His holy" temple, contemptible and incomplete as it looked then when Zechariah urged them to rebuild it [Calvin]. But the call to all to "be silent" is rather when God has come forth from heaven where so long He has dwelt unseen, and is about to inflict vengeance on the foe, before taking up His dwelling in Zion and the temple. However, Psa 50:1, 2 ("Out of Zion"), Psa 50:3 (compare Ha 2:3), Psa 50:4, favors Calvin's view. God is now "silent" while the Gentile foe speaks arrogance against His people; but "our God shall come and no longer keep silence"; then in turn must all flesh "be silent" before Him.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Be silent, O all flesh - Let all the nations of the world be astonished at this. God will arise, and deliver this ancient people, and bring them into the glorious liberty of the sons of God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 2:10-13

Here is a prediction of the coming of Christ in human nature. Many nations in that day would renounce idolatry, and God will own those for his people who join him with purpose of heart. Glorious times are foretold as a prophecy of our Lord's coming and kingdom. God is about to do something unexpected, and very surprising, and to plead his people's cause, which had long seemed neglected. Silently submit to his holy…

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Zechariah 2:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַ֥סhashush!H2013
כָּל\־kol-O allH3605
בָּשָׂ֖רba.SarfleshH1320
מִפְּנֵ֣יmi.pe.Neifrom beforeH6440
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
נֵע֖וֹרne.'orhe has roused himselfH5782
מִמְּע֥וֹןmi.me.'onfrom [the] dwelling place ofH4583
קָדְשֽׁוֹ\׃\ \סka.de.Shoholiness hisH6944

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Zechariah 2:13

  • Habakkuk 2:20

    But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

  • Zephaniah 1:7

    Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

  • Psalms 68:5

    A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

  • Psalms 78:65

    Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

  • Psalms 46:10

    Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

  • Zephaniah 3:8

    Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

  • Isaiah 57:15

    For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

  • Isaiah 26:20-21

    Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

  • Isaiah 42:13-15

    The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

  • Isaiah 51:9

    Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

  • Romans 9:20

    Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

  • Psalms 11:4

    The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Be.
Ps 46:10; Hab 2:20; Zep 1:7; Ro 3:19; 9:20
for.
Ps 68:5; 78:65; Isa 26:20,21; 42:13-15; 51:9; 57:5; Zep 3:8
his holy habitation. Heb. the habitation of his holiness.
De 26:15; 2Ch 30:27; *marg:
Ps 11:4; 68:5; Isa 57:15; 63:15; Jer 25:30

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Context

  • Zechariah 2:12

    And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

  • Zechariah 2:13

    Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

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Zechariah 2:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Calle toda carne delante de Jehová; porque él se ha despertado de su santa morada.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car voici, je secoue ma main sur elles, et elles seront la proie de ceux qui les servaient; et vous saurez que l’ Éternel des armées m’a envoyé.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Alles Fleisch schweige vor Jehova! denn er hat sich aufgemacht aus seiner heiligen Wohnung.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sileat omnis caro a facie Domini, quia consurrexit de habitaculo sancto suo.