John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 2:7
Deliver thyself, O Zion ,.... Or make thy escape, you that belong to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, and ought to have your abode there, and not in Babylon: flee from thence, that dwelleth with the daughter of Babylon ; in any of the antichristian states, who are the daughters of Babylon, the mother of harlots, Revelation 17:5 so it may be rendered, "that inhabits the daughter of Babylon" F11 יושבת בת בבל , οι κατοικουντες θυγατερα βαβυλωνος , Sept.; "habitatrix... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 2:6
Ho, ho ,.... This word expresses a call and proclamation; and is doubled, as Kimchi observes, to confirm it; and so the Targum paraphrases it, "proclaim to the dispersed:' come forth , and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord ; that is, from Babylon, which lay north of Judea; see Jeremiah 1:13 Jeremiah 3:12 where many of the Jews continued, and did not return with the rest when they came up out of the captivity; and are therefore called to come forth from thence in... read more