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I will be an encircling wall of fire[a] for it—oracle of the Lord—and I will be the glory in its midst.”(A)

Expansion on the Themes of the First Three Visions. 10 Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north[b]—oracle of the Lord;—For like the four winds of heaven I have dispersed you—oracle of the Lord.(B) 11 Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell in daughter Babylon!

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Footnotes

  1. 2:9 Encircling wall of fire: divine protection for an unwalled Jerusalem. Urban centers were generally walled, and Jerusalem’s walls were eventually rebuilt in the late fifth century B.C. (Neh 2:17–20).
  2. 2:10 Land of the north: refers to Babylon (v. 11), in a geographic rather than a political sense, as the place from which exiles will return. The designation is “north” because imperial invaders historically entered Palestine from that direction (see Jer 3:18; 23:8).

I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.[a](A) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.(B)

10 “Shout(C) and be glad, Daughter Zion.(D) For I am coming,(E) and I will live among you,”(F) declares the Lord.(G) 11 “Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people.(H) I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 2:9 Or says after … eye: “I … plunder them.”