Zechariah 2:7

Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. DELIVER THYSELF, O ZION, THAT DWELLEST WITH THE DAUGHTER OF BABYLON. Thou, whose only sure dwelling is "Zion," inseparably connected with the temple, art altogether out of thy place in "dwelling with the daughter of Babylon" (i:e., Babylon and her people, ; )....

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 the Jews to bury, so to speak, the holy mount of God in that infernal region. This mode of speaking appears on the first view somewhat harsh, but it is yet most suitable; for by Sion the Prophet means the Jews, who were still dispersed in Chaldea. The temple had not indeed been moved from its place, but only burnt and destroyed by the Chaldeans, and there was no other temple built among the Babylonians. Wh...

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...

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....

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

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" k; dwells in any of the cities, towns, and villages, belonging to it. k יושבת בת בבל, οι κατοικουντες θυγατερα βαβυλωνος, Sept.; "habitatrix filiae Babel", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; "[vel] inhabitans filiam Babel", De Dieu....

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

DELIVER. Hebrew Ho! RESCUE, &c., as in Zechariah 2:6...

That they may share in the promised favour to Zion, but also (and this is put first and urgently, because the judgment was imminent) that they may escape the coming punishment of Babylon, the Jews still remaining there are called upon to return to their own country....