Zechariah 2 · Verse 7

Zechariah 2:7

Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Zechariah 2:7, King James Version

Zechariah 2:7 in other translations

BSB“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”
WEB‘Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.’
ASVHo Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
YLTHo, Zion, be delivered who art dwelling with the daughter of Babylon.
DARBYHo! escape, Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
BBEHo! Zion, go in flight from danger, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.
WebsterDeliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

What does Zechariah 2:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. O Zion ... daughter of Babylon--Thou whose only sure dwelling is "Zion," inseparably connected with the temple, art altogether out of thy place in "dwelling with the daughter of Babylon" (that is, Babylon and her people, Psa 137:8; Is 1:8). After the glory--After restoring the "glory" (Zec 2:5; Is 4:5; Ro 9:4) of Jehovah's presence to Jerusalem, He (God the Father) hath commissioned ME (God the Son, Is 48:16, the Divine Angel: God thus being at once the Sender and the Sent) to visit in wrath "the nations which spoiled you." Messiah's twofold office from the Father is: (1) to glorify His Church; (2) to punish its foes (2Th 1:7-10). Both offices manifest His glory (Pr 16:4). toucheth ... the apple of his eye--namely, of Jehovah's eye (De 32:10; Psa 17:8; Pr 7:2). The pupil, or aperture, through which rays pass to the retina, is the tenderest part of the eye; the member which we most sedulously guard from hurt as being the dearest of our members; the one which feels most acutely the slightest injury, and the loss of which is irreparable.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 2:6-9

If God will build Jerusalem for the people and their comfort, they must inhabit it for him and his glory. The promises and privileges with which God's people are blessed, should engage us to join them, whatever it costs us. When Zion is enlarged to make room for all God's Israel, it is the greatest madness for any of them to stay in Babylon. The captivity of a sinful state is by no means to be continued in, though a…

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Zechariah 2:7 in the original Hebrew

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ה֥וֹיHoalas!H1945
צִיּ֖וֹןtzi.YonO ZionH6726
הִמָּלְטִ֑יhi.mal.TiescapeH4422
יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶתyo.She.vetO inhabitant[s]H3427
בַּת\־bat-of [the] daughter ofH1323
בָּבֶֽל\׃\ \סba.VelBabylonH894

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Cross references for Zechariah 2:7

  • Isaiah 48:20

    Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

  • Jeremiah 51:6

    Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.

  • Genesis 19:17

    And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

  • Revelation 18:4

    And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

  • Isaiah 52:11

    Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.

  • Acts 2:40

    And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

  • Numbers 16:34

    And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

  • Isaiah 52:2

    Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

  • Micah 4:10

    Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

  • Jeremiah 50:8

    Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.

  • Jeremiah 51:45

    My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the Lord.

  • Numbers 16:26

    And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deliver.
Ge 19:17; Nu 16:26,34; Isa 48:20; 52:11; Jer 50:8; 51:6,45; Ac 2:40
Re 18:4
that.
Isa 52:2; Mic 4:10
daughter.The Babylonians were vanquished by the Persians, formerly their servants, under Darius Hystaspes, who took Babylon after a siege of twelve months, demolished its walls, and put 300,000 of the inhabitants to death.

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Context

  • Zechariah 2:6

    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.

  • Zechariah 2:7

    Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

  • Zechariah 2:8

    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.

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Zechariah 2:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Oh Sión, la que moras con la hija de Babilonia, escápate.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et voici, l’ange qui parlait avec moi sortit, et un autre ange sortit à sa rencontre,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Hui! entrinne, Zion, die du wohnst bei der Tochter Babels!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
O Sion! fuge, quæ habitas apud filiam Babylonis: