Zechariah 2:6

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. HO, HO! COME FORTH, AND FLEE FROM THE LAND OF THE NORTH - i:e., from Babylon: a type of the various Gentile lands, from which the Jews are to be recalled hereafter; hence, "the four winds of heaven" are specified, implying that they are to return from all quarters (; ; ). The reason why they should flee from Babylon is, (1) Because of the blessings promised to God's people in their own land; (2) Because of the evils about to fall on their foe (Zechariah 2:7...

That the design of the Prophet may be more clear, we must especially bear in mind the history of the case. When it was allowed the Jews, by the edict of Cyrus and of Darius, to return to their own land, that kindness was suspected by many, as though the two kings had a wish suddenly to oppress them when they had pained their object in their return. Some who dwelt comfortably among the Chaldeans and in other places, preferred to enjoy their rest rather than to return with so much trouble to their own country, where there were no houses prepared, and where there were only dreary desolations. As then the greater part of the people thus slighted the singular favor of God, of which the Prophets had so often spoken, it was necessary that this sloth, connected as it was with great impiety, should be reproved. For if any religion had touched their hearts, they must have preferred Jerusalem to th...

6-9 If God will build Jerusalem for the people and their comfort, they must inhabit it for him and his glory. The promises and privileges with which God's people are blessed, should engage us to join them, whatever it costs us. When Zion is enlarged to make room for all God's Israel, it is the greatest madness for any of them to stay in Babylon. The captivity of a sinful state is by no means to be continued in, though a man may be easy in worldly matters. Escape for thy life, look not behind thee. Christ has proclaimed that deliverance to the captives, which he has himself wrought out, and it concerns every one to resolve that sin shall not have dominion over him. Those who would be found among God's children, must save themselves from this world, see Acts 2:40. What Christ will do for his church, shall be an evident proof of God's care and affection. He that touches you, touches the ap...

Verse Zechariah 2:6. _FLEE FROM THE LAND OF THE NORTH_] From Chaldee, Persia, and Babylon, where several of the Jews still remained. See Zechariah 2:7....

HO! HO! AND FLEE - Such being the safety and glory in store for God’s people in Jerusalem, He who had so provided it, the Angel of the Lord, bids His people everywhere to come to it, saving themselves also from the peril which was to come on Babylon. So Isaiah bade them, “Go ye forth of Babylon; flee ye from the Chaldaeans with a voice of singing; declare ye, tell this, utter it to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed His servant Jacob” Isaiah 48:20. “Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence; touch no unclean thing: go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord” Isaiah 52:11; and Jeremiah, “Flee ye out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul; be not cut off in her iniquity, for this is the time of the Lord’s ven

EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 2:1 § 5. _The third vision: the man with the measuring line._ ZECHARIAH 2:1 (Hebrews 2:5.) I LIFTED UP MINE EYES AGAIN (comp. Zechariah 5:1; Zechariah 6:1; Daniel 8:3). This third vision makes a further revelation of God's mercy to Israel. Consequent on the destruction of enemies shall be the growth and development of the chosen people till the time of their final g

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 haste; and figuratively designs, either the people of God that are among the men of the world, and are called to separate from them, and have no fellowship with there; or such as will be in mystical Babylon, a little before its destruction; and will be called out of it, lest they partake of her plague

CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The man with the measuring line (Zechariah 2:1) _ 2. The message of the third night vision (Zechariah 2:3) 3. The glorious kingdom (Zechariah 2:10) Zechariah 2:1. The third night vision is one of the coming glory. The number three stands in the Word of God for resurrection, life from the dead. Thus in Hosea, concerning Israel, “After two days Thou wilt revive us, and on the third day Thou wilt raise us up” Hosea 6:2. In this third vision Zechariah sees the glorious restoration of Israel, which has been

A COLLECTION OF FRAGMENTS. Zechariah 2:6 f. bids the Jews scattered through the Persian empire escape to Jerusalem, where they will be safe when the judgment comes upon Persia. The north in Jeremiah's earliest prophecies referred to the Scythians, and was subsequently applied to the Chaldeans and their successors. In Zechariah 2:6_ b_ the LXX has, I will gather you from, etc. Possibly MT and LXX should be combined. In Zechariah 2:7 place daughter before Zion. Zechariah evidently considers that many of those who once formed the population of Zion are still in Babylonia. Zechariah 2:8 f. Omit After glory hath he sent

HO, HO. Figure of speech _Epixeuxis_ (App-6), for emphasis. come forth: or, supply the Ellipsis "[escape]". I HAVE SPREAD. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 28:64 SPREAD. scattered. AS. Some codices, with five early printed editions, and Syriac, read "by", or "throughout". Vulgate reads "into". WINDS. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9....