Zechariah 2:6-9
Summary for Zech 2:6-13: 2:6-13 a God’s call for the exiles’ return from Babylon anticipated his people’s restoration to the land of Israel (2:6-9 b) and the restoration of his presence to his people in Jerusalem (2:10-13 c). 2:6 d Come away! The emphatic command carries the force of a promise that the Lord would lead his people out of exile and into a restored Jerusalem (cp. Isa 55:1 e).• the land of the north: It was necessary to travel north in order to move to the east, so Babylonia was thought of as lying in the north.
• four winds: The Hebrew exiles would return to Judah and Jerusalem from all directions (see Ezek 12:14 f; 37:9 g).
2:8 h Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession (literally Anyone who touches you touches the pupil of his eye): This might refer to Israel as God’s elect; it might also mean that those who harmed Israel poked themselves in the eye by bringing God’s judgment upon themselves.
2:9 i their own slaves will plunder them: At the Exodus, the Egyptians paid the Israelites to leave their land (see Exod 11:2-3 j; 12:35-36 k).
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