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Zechariah 2:8

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For thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.

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Babylon was the Mesopotamian empire that had exiled Judah, while Jerusalem and Zion refer to Judah’s restored holy city and its temple mount. In this oracle, God promises to judge nations that plundered his returned people, identifying them as precious to him.

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Zechariah 2:8 mentions Babylon, Jerusalem and Zion.

Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
Jerusalem · Godot13
Zion · Godot13

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