Zechariah 2:5-9
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
5 For I will be to her a wall of fire round about, says the Lord, and I will be the glory within her.’”
Interlude: An Appeal to the Exiles
6 Ho! ho! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, says the Lord. 7 Ho! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. 8 For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye: 9 “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.
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