Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD. New Living Translation The LORD says, “Come away! Flee from Babylon in the land of the north, for I have scattered you to the four winds. English Standard Version Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north, declares the LORD. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the LORD. Berean Standard Bible “Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD. King James Bible 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. New King James Version “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. New American Standard Bible “You there! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “because I have spread you out like the four winds of the heavens,” declares the LORD. NASB 1995 “Ho there! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens,” declares the LORD. NASB 1977 “Ho there! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens,” declares the LORD. Legacy Standard Bible “Ho there! Flee from the land of the north,” declares Yahweh, “for I have dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens,” declares Yahweh. Amplified Bible “Hear this! Flee from [Babylon] the land of the north [which shall come under judgment],” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of the heavens,” declares the LORD. Christian Standard Bible “Listen! Listen! Flee from the land of the north” —this is the LORD’s declaration—“for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven”—this is the LORD’s declaration. Holman Christian Standard Bible Get up! Leave the land of the north"—this is the LORD’s declaration—"for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven"—this is the LORD’s declaration. “ American Standard Version Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith Jehovah; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, saith Jehovah. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Oh, Oh, flee from the land of the north, says LORD JEHOVAH, because to the four great winds of Heaven I have scattered you, says LORD JEHOVAH! Brenton Septuagint Translation Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I will gather you from the four winds of heaven, saith the Lord, Contemporary English Version The LORD says to his people, "Run! Escape from the land in the north, where I scattered you to the four winds. Douay-Rheims Bible O, O flee ye out of the land of the north, saith the Lord, for I have scattered you into the four winds of heaven, saith the Lord. English Revised Version Ho, ho, 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Hurry, hurry! Flee from the land of the north, declares the LORD. I've scattered you to the four winds of heaven. International Standard Version "'Come now! Come now! Flee from the land of the north,' declares the LORD, 'for I have dispersed you like the four winds of heaven,' declares the LORD. JPS Tanakh 1917 Ho, ho, flee then 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. Literal Standard Version Behold, and flee from the land of the north, | A declaration of YHWH, | For as the four winds of the heavens, | I have spread you abroad, | A declaration of YHWH. Majority Standard Bible “Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD. New American Bible Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north —oracle of the LORD;—For like the four winds of heaven I have dispersed you—oracle of the LORD. NET Bible "You there! Flee from the northland!" says the LORD, "for like the four winds of heaven I have scattered you," says the LORD. New Revised Standard Version 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. New Heart English Bible Come. Come. Flee from the land of the north,' says the LORD; 'for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,' says the LORD. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,’ says Yahweh; ‘for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,’ says Yahweh. Young's Literal Translation Ho, ho, and flee from the land of the north, An affirmation of Jehovah, For, as the four winds of the heavens, I have spread you abroad, An affirmation of Jehovah. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Redemption of Zion6“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD. 7“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”… Cross References Matthew 24:31 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. Mark 13:27 And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven. Psalm 44:2 With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out. Isaiah 48:20 Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, "The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!" Isaiah 52:11 Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD. Jeremiah 3:18 In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers as an inheritance. Jeremiah 31:10 Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: "The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock. Treasury of Scripture Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, said the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, said the LORD. ho. Ruth 4:1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. Isaiah 55:1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. and flee. Zechariah 2:7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. Genesis 19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. Isaiah 48:20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. spread. Deuteronomy 28:64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. Jeremiah 15:4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem. Jeremiah 31:10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. Jump to Previous Abroad Affirmation Declares Dispersed Far Flee Forth Four Heaven Heavens Ho North Scattered Sky Spread Wide WindsJump to Next Abroad Affirmation Declares Dispersed Far Flee Forth Four Heaven Heavens Ho North Scattered Sky Spread Wide WindsZechariah 2 1. God, in the care of Jerusalem, sends to measure it.6. The redemption of Zion. 10. The promise of God's presence. Verse 6. - The superior angel of ver. 4 continues to speak. He calls on all the Hebrews still in dispersion to come and share this glorious state and escape the punishment which was about to fall upon the hostile kingdom. The exaltation of Jerusalem is connected with the downfall of her enemies. Ho, ho, come forth, and flee; Hebrew, "Ho, ho I and flee," or, "flee thou" (comp. Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 51:6, 45.) A great number of the exiles had remained in Babylonia, having established themselves there, according to the injunction in Jeremiah 29:5, etc., and grown rich. These people had refused to exchange their present prosperity for the doubtful future offered by a return to their desolate native land. But they are now called upon to "flee" from the danger that menaced the country of their adoption. Babylon is said to have been twice taken in the reign of Darius (see note on ver. 7). The land of the north; i.e. Babylonia (comp. Jeremiah 1:14; Jeremiah 4:6; Jeremiah 23:8). We should have nailed the Babylonians an Eastern people if we had dwelt in Palestine; but they always invaded this land from the north, and the great caravan route entered the country from the same quarter, so they were deemed to he a northern power. I have spread you abroad as the four winds (Ezekiel 17:21). The Jews had been dispersed through all parts of the extensive Babylonian empire, and that with a violence which is compared to the force of the combined winds of heaven. Keil, Wright, and others regard the words as a promise of future extension only to be obtained by a return to the promised land, translating, "I will spread you," the perfect of the text being taken to express prophetic certainty. But it is surely incongruous to comfort the dispersed Jews by the promise of a still wider dispersion. This appears to be as erroneous as the Septuagint rendering of the verb, συνάξω, "I will gather." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “Get up!ה֣וֹי (hō·w) Interjection Strong's 1945: Ah! alas! ha! Get up! ה֗וֹי (hō·w) Interjection Strong's 1945: Ah! alas! ha! Flee וְנֻ֛סוּ (wə·nu·sū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away from the land מֵאֶ֥רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 776: Earth, land of the north,” צָפ֖וֹן (ṣā·p̄ō·wn) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5002: An oracle the LORD, יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel “for כִּ֠י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction I have scattered פֵּרַ֥שְׂתִּי (pê·raś·tî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 6566: To break apart, disperse you like the four כְּאַרְבַּ֞ע (kə·’ar·ba‘) Preposition-k | Number - feminine singular construct Strong's 702: Four winds רוּח֧וֹת (rū·ḥō·wṯ) Noun - common plural construct Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit of heaven,” הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5002: An oracle the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Zechariah 2:6 NIVZechariah 2:6 NLT Zechariah 2:6 ESV Zechariah 2:6 NASB Zechariah 2:6 KJV Zechariah 2:6 BibleApps.com Zechariah 2:6 Biblia Paralela Zechariah 2:6 Chinese Bible Zechariah 2:6 French Bible Zechariah 2:6 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Zechariah 2:6 Come! 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