Christian Standard Bible
Zechariah 2:6
6“Listen! Listen! Flee from the land of the north” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven” — this is the Lord’s declaration.
Zechariah 2:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)“Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,” declares the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north, declares the Lord. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Up, up! Flee from the land of the north,” says the Lord; “for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the Lord.
Context of Zechariah 2:6
4He said to him, “Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and animals in it.” 5The declaration of the Lord: “I myself will be a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory within it.” “Listen! Listen! Flee from the land of the north” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven” — this is the Lord’s declaration. 7“Listen, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon.” 8For the Lord of Armies says this: “In pursuit of his glory, he sent me against the nations plundering you, for whoever touches you touches the pupil of my eye.
Read all of Zechariah 2Zechariah 2:6 word by word
ה֣וֹי ה֗וֹי וְנֻ֛סוּ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ צָפ֖וֹן נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֠י כְּאַרְבַּ֞ע רוּח֧וֹת הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם פֵּרַ֥שְׂתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Hoהוֹיhôy · woe!H1945
- and fleeנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
- from the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- of the northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
- saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- for I have spread you abroadפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
- as the fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
- windsרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
- of the heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
Cross-references for Zechariah 2:6
- Ruth 4:1Boaz went to the gate of the town and sat down there. Soon the family redeemer Boaz had spoken about came by. Boaz said, “Come over here and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
- Isaiah 55:1“Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water; and you without silver, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without silver and without cost!
- Zechariah 2:7“Listen, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon.”
- Genesis 19:17As soon as the angels got them outside, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look back and don’t stop anywhere on the plain! Run to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
- Isaiah 48:20Leave Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with a shout of joy, proclaim this, let it go out to the end of the earth; announce, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
- Isaiah 52:11Leave, leave, go out from there! Do not touch anything unclean; go out from her, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the Lord.
- Jeremiah 1:14Then the Lord said to me, “Disaster will be poured out from the north on all who live in the land.
- Jeremiah 3:18In those days the house of Judah will join with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land I have given your ancestors to inherit.’”
- Jeremiah 31:8Watch! I am going to bring them from the northern land. I will gather them from remote regions of the earth — the blind and the lame will be with them, along with those who are pregnant and those about to give birth. They will return here as a great assembly!
- Jeremiah 50:8Escape from Babylon; depart from the Chaldeans’ land. Be like the rams that lead the flock.
- Jeremiah 51:6Leave Babylon; save your lives, each of you! Don’t perish because of her guilt. For this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance — he will pay her what she deserves.
- Jeremiah 51:45Come out from among her, my people! Save your lives, each of you, from the Lord’s burning anger.
- 2 Corinthians 6:16And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, as God said: I will dwell and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
- Revelation 18:4Then I heard another voice from heaven: Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins or receive any of her plagues.
- Deuteronomy 28:64Then the Lord will scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.
- Jeremiah 15:4I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.
Commentaries on Zechariah 2:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Flee from the land of the north - From Chaldee, Persia, and Babylon, where several of the Jews still remained. See Zechariah 2:7.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Ho! ho! and flee - Such being the safety and glory in store for God‘s people in Jerusalem, He who had so provided it, the Angel of the Lord, bids His people everywhere to come to it, saving themselves also from the peril which was to come on Babylon. So Isaiah bade them, “Go ye forth of Babylon; flee ye from the Chaldaeans with a voice of singing; declare ye, tell this, utter it to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed His servant Jacob”…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-9Verses 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 man may be easy in worldly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Get up!: This strong command promises that the Lord will lead his people out of exile and into a restored Jerusalem (compare Isaiah 55:1). the land of the north: Travelers had to go north to then move east, so people thought of Babylonia as being in the north. four winds: Hebrew exiles would return to Judah and Jerusalem from all directions (see Ezekiel 12:14; 37:9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. flee from the land of the north--that is, from Babylon: a type of the various Gentile lands, from which the Jews are to be recalled hereafter; hence "the four winds of heaven" are specified, implying that they are to return from all quarters (De 28:64; Jr 16:15; Eze 17:21). The reason why they should flee from Babylon is: (1) because of the blessings promised to God's people in their own land; (2) because of the evils about to fall on their foe (Zec…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Zechariah 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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