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Zechariah 2:6 KJV
Zechariah · chapter 2 · verse 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 2:6 · King James Version
Zechariah 2:6 in context
4And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
5For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
6Ho, 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.
7Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
8For 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- abroadpârasto break apart, disperse, etcH6566 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- northtsâphôwnproperly, hiddenH6828 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
- windsrûwachwindH7307 →
- fleenûwçto flitH5127 →
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One would have thought that Cyrus's proclamation, which gave liberty to the captive Jews to return to their own land, would suffice to bring them all back, and that, as when Pharaoh gave them leave to quit Egypt and their house of bondage there, they would not leave a hoof behind; but it seems it had not that effect.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-9