New English Translation
Zechariah 2:9
9“I am about to punish them in such a way,” he says, “that they will be looted by their own slaves.” Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me.
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“Escape, Zion, you who live among the Babylonians!” 8For the Lord who rules over all says to me that for his own glory he has sent me to the nations that plundered you – for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of his eye. “I am about to punish them in such a way,” he says, “that they will be looted by their own slaves.” Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me. 10“Sing out and be happy, Zion my daughter! For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst,” says the Lord. 11“Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on the day of salvation, and they will also be my people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all.” Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.
Read all of Zechariah 2Zechariah 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 10:32This very day, standing in Nob, they shake their fist at Daughter Zion’s mountain – at the hill of Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 11:15The Lord will divide the gulf of the Egyptian Sea; he will wave his hand over the Euphrates River and send a strong wind, he will turn it into seven dried-up streams, and enable them to walk across in their sandals.
- Isaiah 13:2On a bare hill raise a signal flag, shout to them, wave your hand, so they might enter the gates of the princes!
- Isaiah 19:16At that time the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because the Lord who commands armies brandishes his fist against them.
- Isaiah 14:2Nations will take them and bring them back to their own place. Then the family of Jacob will make foreigners their servants as they settle in the Lord’s land. They will make their captors captives and rule over the ones who oppressed them.
- Isaiah 33:1The destroyer is as good as dead, you who have not been destroyed! The deceitful one is as good as dead, the one whom others have not deceived! When you are through destroying, you will be destroyed; when you finish deceiving, others will deceive you!
- Jeremiah 27:7All nations must serve him and his son and grandson until the time comes for his own nation to fall. Then many nations and great kings will in turn subjugate Babylon.
- Ezekiel 39:10They will not need to take wood from the field or cut down trees from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons. They will take the loot from those who looted them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them, declares the sovereign Lord.
- Habakkuk 2:8Because you robbed many countries, all who are left among the nations will rob you. You have shed human blood and committed violent acts against lands, cities, and those who live in them.
- Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as surely as I live,” says the Lord who commands armies, the God of Israel, “be certain that Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah. They will be overrun by weeds, filled with salt pits, and permanently desolate. Those of my people who are left will plunder their belongings; those who are left in Judah will take possession of their land.”
- Zechariah 2:8For the Lord who rules over all says to me that for his own glory he has sent me to the nations that plundered you – for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of his eye.
- Zechariah 4:9“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this temple, and his hands will complete it.” Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.
- Zechariah 6:15Then those who are far away will come and build the temple of the Lord so that you may know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you. This will all come to pass if you completely obey the voice of the Lord your God.”’”
- Jeremiah 28:9So if a prophet prophesied peace and prosperity, it was only known that the Lord truly sent him when what he prophesied came true.”
- John 13:19I am telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I am he.
- John 16:4But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. “I did not 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
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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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