Zechariah 2:9

Zechariah 2:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.
• New International Version (NIV)I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them. Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For surely I will shake My hand against them, and they shall become spoil for their servants. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.

Context of Zechariah 2:9

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. For look, I am raising my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me. 10“Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you” — this is the Lord’s declaration. 11“Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become my people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you.

Zechariah 2:9 word by word

כִּ֠י הִנְנִ֨י מֵנִ֤יף אֶת־יָדִי֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וְהָי֥וּ שָׁלָ֖ל לְעַבְדֵיהֶ֑ם וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁלָחָֽנִי׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For, behold, I will shakeנוּףnûph · to waveH5130
• mine handיָדyâd · handH3027
• upon them, and they shall be a spoilשָׁלָלshâlâl · spoilH7998
• to their servantsעָבַד‛âbad · to serveH5647
• and ye shall knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• that the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• hath sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971

Cross-references for Zechariah 2:9

• Isaiah 10:32Today the Assyrians will stand at Nob, shaking their fists at the mountain of Daughter Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 11:15The Lord will divide the Gulf of Suez. He will wave his hand over the Euphrates with his mighty wind and will split it into seven streams, letting people walk through on foot.
• Isaiah 13:2Lift up a banner on a barren mountain. Call out to them. Signal with your hand, and they will go through the gates of the nobles.
• Isaiah 19:16On that day Egypt will be like women and will tremble with fear because of the threatening hand of the Lord of Armies when he raises it against them.
• Isaiah 14:2The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess them as male and female slaves in the Lord’s land. They will make captives of their captors and will rule over their oppressors.
• Isaiah 33:1Woe, you destroyer never destroyed, you traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, they will betray you.
• Jeremiah 27:7All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
• Ezekiel 39:10They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it down from the forests, for they will use the weapons to make fires. They will take the loot from those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them. This is the declaration of the Lord God.
• Habakkuk 2:8Since you have plundered many nations, all the peoples who remain will plunder you — because of human bloodshed and violence against lands, cities, and all who live in them.
• Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as I live — this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel — Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah: a place overgrown with weeds, a salt pit, and a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of my people will plunder them; the remainder of my nation will dispossess them.
• Zechariah 2:8For 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.
• Zechariah 4:9“Zerubbabel’s hands have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you.
• Zechariah 6:15People who are far off will come and build the Lord’s temple, and you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you. This will happen when you fully obey the Lord your God.”
• Jeremiah 28:9As for the prophet who prophesies peace — only when the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the Lord has truly sent.”
• John 13:19I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am he.
• John 16:4But I have told you these things so that when their time comes you will remember I told them to you. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

Commentaries on Zechariah 2:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9I will shake mine hand upon them - I will threaten first, and then stretch out my hand of judgment against them. A spoil to their servants - To those whom they had formerly subjected to their sway. As the Babylonians to the Medes and Persians; and so of the rest in the subversion of empires.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9For behold I will shake My hand against them - As God promised of old against the enemies of His people, and they shall be a spoil to those who served them habitually. And ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent Me - Theodoret: “He was sent, not as God, but as Man. For as God He is equal to the Father. For He saith, “I am in the Father and the Father in Me, and, The Father who dwelleth in Me He doeth the works” John 14:10, and, “I and My Father are…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. 9they will become plunder for their own servant: During the exodus, the Egyptians gave the Israelites valuables to encourage them to leave (see Exodus 11:2–3; 12:35–36).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. shake ... hand--A mere wave of God's hand can prostrate all foes (compare Ru 1:13; Job 31:21; Is 11:15; 19:16; Ac 13:11). a spoil to their servants--to the Jews whom they had once as their slaves (compare Is 14:2). As the Jews' state between the return from Babylon and Christ's coming was checkered with much adversity, this prophecy can only have its fulfilment under Christ. sent me--(Is 48:16; 61:1; Joh 10:36).Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 2:9

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Babylon
• Miracles
• Prophets

In the dictionaries

• Lord of Hosts
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• Ammon; Ammonites
• Bible, the
• Hand
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• Nettles
• Zechariah, Book of
• Zephaniah, Book of

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