George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Zechariah 2:6
North. Many Jews had not yet returned, Esther, &c. --- Winds, Ezechiel v. 2, 12. (Calmet) --- Gentiles, and ye children of Sion, flee from Babylon and from sin into the true Church. (Worthington)
North. Many Jews had not yet returned, Esther, &c. --- Winds, Ezechiel v. 2, 12. (Calmet) --- Gentiles, and ye children of Sion, flee from Babylon and from sin into the true Church. (Worthington)
Verse Zechariah 2:6. _FLEE FROM THE LAND OF THE NORTH_] From Chaldee, Persia, and Babylon, where several of the Jews still remained. See Zechariah 2:7....
HO! HO! AND FLEE - Such being the safety and glory in store for God’s people in Jerusalem, He who had so provided it, the Angel of the Lord, bids His people everywhere to come to it, saving themselves...
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)...
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...
HO, HO. Figure of speech _Epixeuxis_ (App-6), for emphasis. come forth: or, supply the Ellipsis "[escape]". I HAVE SPREAD. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 28:64 SPREAD. scatte...
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 sti...
_Ho, ho, come forth and flee_ The words "come forth" are not in the Hebrew, and the R.V. omits them: _Ho, ho, flee_. Some would supply, "hear:" "Ho, ho (hear) and flee." _the land of the north_ i.e. B...
FROM THE LAND OF THE NORTH— That is to say, _From Babylon._ See Zechariah 2:7. Instead of, I _have spread,_ Houbigant reads, I _will spread,_ or _disseminate you,_ &c. foretelling the future freedom o...
CHAPTER XXIX A VISION OF A MEASURING LINE ZECHARIAH, CHAPTER Zechariah 2:1-13 RV. And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. Then said, I, Whither goes...
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. HO, HO! COME FORTH, AND FLEE FROM THE LAND OF...
THE THIRD VISION 1-5. A young man with a measuring line goes forth to measure Jerusalem preparatory to rebuilding the walls. But an angel is sent to stop him. The population will so increase as to ex...
LAND OF THE NORTH] Babylon. SPREAD] scattered in exile....
A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS. Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to...
THE LAND OF THE NORTH — _i.e._, Babylonia, as in Jeremiah 1:14; Jeremiah 6:22; Jeremiah 10:22. FOR I HAVE SPREAD YOU ABROAD. — This conjugation of this verb occurs _nine_ times in all in the Hebrew Sc...
(6-13) This address to Zion may be taken as the words of the prophet himself, or of the angel who had been speaking before. In any case, it was intended to be communicated to the people by the prophet...
_[Zechariah 2:10]_ הֹ֣וי הֹ֗וי וְ נֻ֛סוּ מֵ...
THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...
THE REDEMPTION OF JERUSALEM Zechariah 1:18-21; Zechariah 2:1-13 The work of Temple-building had ceased for fifteen years and the new resolve to arise and build might meet with a similar fate. But the...
The vision of the measuring line reveals the condition of Jerusalem which will result from the overthrow of her enemies. The young man with a measuring line goes forth to measure the restored city, an...
Ho, ho, [come (f) forth], and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four (g) winds of the heaven, saith the LORD. (f) He calls to those who partly for f...
"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. (7) Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...
That the design of the Prophet may be more clear, we must especially bear in mind the history of the case. When it was allowed the Jews, by the edict of Cyrus and of Darius, to return to their own lan...
From chapter 2 to the end of chapter 6, the Spirit presents the circumstances, the principles, and the result of the re-establishment of Jerusalem and of the house; and also the judgment of that which...
HO, HO,.... This word expresses a call and proclamation; and is doubled, as Kimchi observes, to confirm it; and so the Targum paraphrases it, "proclaim to the dispersed:'' [COME FORTH], AND FLEE FRO...
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. Ver. 6. _Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the...
_Ho, Ho!_ Ye sleepy Jews, _come forth_ Come out from your prisons; _and flee_ Make all the haste you can, _from the land of the north_ From Chaldea, and Babylon, the chief city of it, which lay northw...
VISION OF THE MAN WITH THE MEASURING-LINE. The second vision had pictured the overthrow of the enemies of the people of the Lord. But this defeat being administered, the growth of the Lord's Church w...
Ho, ho, come forth! so the Lord addresses His people through the Angel of the Covenant, AND FLEE FROM THE LAND OF THE NORTH, out of Babylon, as typical of all powers of evil banded together against Hi...
THE THIRD VISION - A MAN WITH A MEASURING LINE (vv. 1-5) Another vision draws the eyes of Zechariah-a man with a measuring line. Zechariah 1:16 told of a line being stretched upon Jerusalem. Now, in...
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...
HO, HO: since Jerusalem shall be safe, rich, and glorious by the presence and blessings of her God, the prophet calls to the sleepy Jews, as men that need be awakened. COME FORTH; set upon your journe...
Zechariah 2:6 Up H1945 up H1945 Flee H5127 (H8798) land H776 north H6828 says H5002 (H8803) LORD...
THE THIRD VISION. THE MAN WITH THE MEASURING LINE (ZECHARIAH 2:1). Having learned that nothing has been happening among the nations which will aid in the recovery of YHWH's people (Zechariah 1:7), and...
Zechariah 2:1 I. In this vision God presented to the prophet, and through him to the nation at large, the prospect and the assurance of the restoration of Jerusalem, and the re-establishment of the Je...
CONTENTS: Visions of Zechariah. Jerusalem in the kingdom age. CHARACTERS: God, Zechariah. CONCLUSION: Jerusalem is the apple of Jehovah's eye, jealously guarded by His angels and marked out for a gl...
Zechariah 2:1. _Behold, a man with a measuring line._ A young man, as in Zechariah 2:4; an angel in the form of a man, come to measure the streets, the wall, and temple of Jerusalem, as architects do...
_I have spread you abroad, etc _ SOUL-EXILE This is a call of Jehovah to the Jews in Babylonian captivity to return to their own land. These words may illustrate the moral exile of humanity. The po...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 2:1 In his third vision Zechariah anticipates a renewed Jerusalem, so full of people that it spreads beyond its walls. It will attract those Jews who remain in exile, as we...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 2:6 FLEE FROM THE LAND OF THE NORTH. God’s glory will return to Jerusalem and his judgment will fall on their former rulers (Zechariah 1
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 2:6. NORTH] Babylon, north of Jerusalem; an address to such Jews as still remained there, through infirmity, ties of property, &c. The urgency of the call denoted by repeti...
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 ...
Chapter 2, the next vision, the fourth in the series of ten. I lifted up my eyes again, and I looked, and behold there was a man with a measuring line in his hand [He had a ruler]. I said, Where are y...
2 Corinthians 6:16; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Amos 9:9; Deuteronomy 28:64;...
THE MAN AND THE MEASURING LINE Zechariah 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In the Book of Ezekiel, chapter 40, we have Ezekiel's vision which in some respects parallels the one in Zechariah. Ezekiel in the vis...
Ho, ho — Ye sleepy Jews. Come forth — Come out from your prisons. Flee — Make all the haste you can. From the land — Babylon, which lay north of Canaan. For I have spread you abroad — As I executed my...