Ho, ho, come [a]forth, and flee from the land of the North, saith the Lord: for I have scattered you into the four [b]winds of the heaven, saith the Lord.

[c]Save thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babel.

For thus saith the Lord of hosts, After this [d]glory hath he sent me unto the nations, which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the [e]apple of his eye.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 2:6 He calleth to them, which partly for fear, and partly for their own case, remained still in captivity, and so preferred their own private commodities to the benefits of God promised in his Church.
  2. Zechariah 2:6 As it was I that scattered you, so have I power to restore you.
  3. Zechariah 2:7 By fleeing from Babylon, and coming to the Church.
  4. Zechariah 2:8 Seeing that God had begun to show his grace among you by delivering you, he continueth the same still toward you, and therefore sendeth me his Angel and his Christ to defend you from your enemies, that they shall not hurt you, neither by the way nor at home.
  5. Zechariah 2:8 Ye are so dear unto God, that he can no more suffer your enemies to hurt you, than a man can abide to be thrust in the eye, Ps. 17:8.

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