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Interlude: An Appeal to the Exiles

Up, up! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord; for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven, says the Lord. Up! Escape to Zion, you that live with daughter Babylon. For thus said the Lord of hosts (after his glory[a] sent me) regarding the nations that plundered you: Truly, one who touches you touches the apple of my eye.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 2:8 Cn: Heb after glory he
  2. Zechariah 2:8 Heb his eye

“Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered(A) you to the four winds of heaven,”(B) declares the Lord.(C)

“Come, Zion! Escape,(D) you who live in Daughter Babylon!”(E) For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye(F)

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