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Zechariah 2:6

King James Version (KJV)

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Zechariah 2:6

Verse 6 of 13

Scripture focus

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.

Zechariah 2:6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zechariah 2:6

Theological / Devotional

Come forth. Compare Jer. 51:6, 45. This was a new call to those Jews who had not returned to Jerusalem under the decree of Cyrus (Ezra 1:1—4), to come to Zion, to “flee from” the troublous times that lay ahead in the Persian realm. There were still many Jewish exiles in Babylon, not a few of whom were living in ease and wealth. Their prosperity caused them to shrink from the uncertain future that the return to Jerusalem seemed to offer.

Land of the north. Babylon is often so designated in the OT because the invaders from that country entered Palestine from the north (see on Jer. 1:14, 15 ; 4:6).

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