Zechariah 2:7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 2:6-9

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 many, perhaps the greater part, staid behind. The land of their captivity was to most of them the... read more

John Gill

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 Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 2:7

Verse 7 The Prophet repeats the same thing, though briefly, and in other words: but while he briefly touches on what he meant to say, he confirms and renders more plain the contents of the former verse. He shows that it was a very great disgrace that Babylon should become as it were the grave of Sion; for God had chosen that mount as the place where he was to be worshipped. Babylon, we know, was a filthy cavern, accursed by God. It was therefore to subvert, as it were, the order of nature, for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 2:1-13

§ 5. The third vision: the man with the measuring line. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 2:6-9

A promise of triumph. "Ho, ho! come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord," etc. Soon after the time of the deliverance of this prophecy, Babylon suffered greatly at the hands of Darius. The primary reference of the verses before us is to this fact, in the judgment of some— Zechariah 2:6 , Zechariah 2:7 being an urgent call to flee from that city and land, and Zechariah 2:8 , Zechariah 2:9 a solemn prediction of the calamities about to come upon it, uttered in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 2:6-9

The exiles' return. "Return." This call implies— I. KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR CONDITION . In the dark days we are apt to say, "Doth God know?" This is our weakness. The cries Of the poor, the needy, and the oppressed are ever heard on high. II. CONTINUED INTEREST IN THEIR WELFARE . Israel, though scattered, was not forsaken. Affliction witnesses both as to our sin and God's mercy. If God did not care, he would let us go on in sin. But because he loves and pities us and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 2:6-9

Soul-exile. "Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord," etc. This is a call of Jehovah to the Jews in Babylonian captivity to return to their own land. Cyrus had made a way for them, and publicly proclaimed their deliverance. There are expressions in these verses, as indeed in almost every verse of the book, the exact meaning of which cannot be settled: it is idle to attempt to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 2:7

Deliver thyself. Escape from the danger. O Zion. The exiled Jews are thus designated. Septuagint, εἰς σιὼν ἀνασώζεσθε "Go to Zion, and save yourselves." That dwellest ( thou that dwellest ) with the daughter of Babylon. The inhabitants of Babylon are called "the daughter of Babylon," in analogy with the common phrases, "the daughter of Zion," "the daughter of Jerusalem" (comp. Jeremiah 46:19 ). There is soma reproach implied in the clause, as if these Jews were content to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 2:7

Dwellest with the daughter of Babylon - The unusual idiom is perhaps chosen as expressive of God’s tenderness, even to the people who were to be destroyed, from which Israel was to escape. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 2:6-9

Zechariah 2:6-9. Ho, Ho! Ye sleepy Jews, come forth Come out from your prisons; and flee Make all the haste you can, from the land of the north From Chaldea, and Babylon, the chief city of it, which lay northward of Judea. The Jews, who still remained in those parts, are here exhorted to return with all speed from them, for a reason assigned, Zechariah 2:9. For I have spread you abroad As I executed my threats in scattering you, and your brethren of the ten tribes, all over the... read more

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