Zechariah 2:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

Zechariah 2:7 —

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Cross-References

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Isaiah 48:20
Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
Isaiah 52:11
Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:6
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Revelation 18:4
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

Topics

Mountain Sion Zion

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-9)

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. There were about 40,000 whose spirits God stirred up to go, and they went; but ma…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

7. O Zion ... daughter of Babylon--Thou whose only sure dwelling is “Zion,” inseparably connected with the temple, art altogether out of thy place in “dwelling with the daughter of Babylon” (that is, Babylon and her people, Psa 137:8; Is 1:8). After the glory--After restoring the “glory” (Zec 2:5; Is 4:5; Ro 9:4) of Jehovah’s presence to Jerusalem, He (God the Father) hath commissioned ME (God the…