Zechariah 2:8

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Zechariah 2:8

For thus says the Lord of hosts, “After glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.

Deuteronomy 32:10

“He found him in a desert land,
And in the howling waste of a wilderness;
He encircled him, He cared for him,
He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.

Psalm 17:8

Keep me as the apple of the eye;
Hide me in the shadow of Your wings

Genesis 20:6

Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.

The Lord sent against him bands of Chaldeans, bands of Arameans, bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites. So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord which He had spoken through His servants the prophets.

Psalm 105:13-15

And they wandered about from nation to nation,
From one kingdom to another people.

Isaiah 48:15-16

“I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have called him,
I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful.

Isaiah 60:7-14

“All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you,
The rams of Nebaioth will minister to you;
They will go up with acceptance on My altar,
And I shall glorify My glorious house.

Jeremiah 50:17-18

“Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the king of Assyria, and this last one who has broken his bones is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:34-35

“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me and crushed me,
He has set me down like an empty vessel;
He has swallowed me like a monster,
He has filled his stomach with my delicacies;
He has washed me away.

Ezekiel 25:6-7

For thus says the Lord God, “Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the scorn of your soul against the land of Israel,

Ezekiel 25:12

‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has incurred grievous guilt, and avenged themselves upon them,”

Ezekiel 25:15

‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because the Philistines have acted in revenge and have taken vengeance with scorn of soul to destroy with everlasting enmity,”

Ezekiel 26:2

“Son of man, because Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has opened to me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,’

Ezekiel 35:5

Because you have had everlasting enmity and have delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of the punishment of the end,

Joel 3:2-8

I will gather all the nations
And bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat.
Then I will enter into judgment with them there
On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel,
Whom they have scattered among the nations;
And they have divided up My land.

Amos 1:3-5

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Damascus and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron.

Amos 1:9

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Tyre and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they delivered up an entire population to Edom
And did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

Amos 1:11

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Edom and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because he pursued his brother with the sword,
While he stifled his compassion;
His anger also tore continually,
And he maintained his fury forever.

Amos 1:13

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead
In order to enlarge their borders.

Obadiah 1:10-16

“Because of violence to your brother Jacob,
You will be covered with shame,
And you will be cut off forever.

Micah 4:11

“And now many nations have been assembled against you
Who say, ‘Let her be polluted,
And let our eyes gloat over Zion.’

Micah 5:6

They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,
The land of Nimrod at its entrances;
And He will deliver us from the Assyrian
When he attacks our land
And when he tramples our territory.

Micah 7:10

Then my enemy will see,
And shame will cover her who said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will look on her;
At that time she will be trampled down
Like mire of the streets.

Habakkuk 2:8

“Because you have looted many nations,
All the remainder of the peoples will loot you—
Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

Habakkuk 2:17

“For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
And the devastation of its beasts by which you terrified them,
Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

Zephaniah 2:8

“I have heard the taunting of Moab
And the revilings of the sons of Ammon,
With which they have taunted My people
And become arrogant against their territory.

Zechariah 1:15-16

But I am very angry with the nations who are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they furthered the disaster.”

Zechariah 2:4-5

and said to him, “Run, speak to that young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the multitude of men and cattle within it.

Zechariah 2:9

For behold, I will wave My hand over them so that they will be plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.

Zechariah 2:11

“Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.

Malachi 3:1

“Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 25:40

The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’

Matthew 25:45

Then He will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’

John 14:23-24

Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.

John 14:26

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.

John 15:21-23

But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.

John 17:18

As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

Acts 9:4

and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”

2 Thessalonians 1:6

For after all it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

1 John 4:9-10

By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

1 John 4:14

We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

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Summary

Zechariah 2:8

For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

After

Zechariah 2:4

Zechariah 1:15

Isaiah 60:7

Sent

1 John 4:9

The nations

For

The apple

Deuteronomy 32:10

Psalm 17:8

Matthew 25:40

General references

Bible References

After

and said to him, “Run, speak to that young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited

without walls because of the multitude of men and cattle within it.

But I am very angry with the nations who are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they

furthered the disaster.”

“All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you,
The rams of Nebaioth will minister to you;
They will go up with acceptance on My altar,
And I shall

glorify My glorious house.

Sent

For behold, I will wave My hand over them so that they will be plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.

“I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have called him,
I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful.

“Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will

clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the

messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts.

Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.

But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.

As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

By this the love of God was manifested

in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

The nations

“Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the king of Assyria, and this last one who has broken his bones is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

For thus says the Lord God, “Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the scorn of your soul against the land of Israel,

“Son of man, because Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has

opened to me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,’

Because you have had everlasting enmity and have delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of the

punishment of the end,

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Damascus and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron.

“Because of violence to your brother Jacob,

You will be covered with shame,

And you will be cut off forever.

“And now many nations have been assembled against you
Who say, ‘Let her be polluted,
And let our eyes gloat over Zion.’

They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,
The land of Nimrod at its entrances;
And He will deliver us from the Assyrian
When he attacks our land
And when he tramples our territory.

Then my enemy will see,
And shame will cover her who said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will look on her;

At that time she will be trampled down

Like mire of the streets.

“Because you have looted many nations,
All the remainder of the peoples will loot you—
Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

“I have heard the

taunting of Moab

And the revilings of the sons of Ammon,
With which they have taunted My people
And

become arrogant against their territory.

For

Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also

kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.

And they wandered about from nation to nation,
From one kingdom to another people.

and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”

For after all it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

The apple

“He found him in a desert land,
And in the howling waste of a wilderness;
He encircled him, He cared for him,
He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.

Keep me as the apple of the eye;
Hide me in the shadow of Your wings

The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’

General references

Then my people will live in a peaceful habitation,
And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places;

‘Therefore all who devour you will be devoured;
And all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity;
And those who plunder you will be for plunder,
And all who prey upon you I will give for prey.

Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle.

For after all it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,