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Ho,הוֹיZion!צִיּוֹןEscape,הִמָּלְטִיyou who dwell withיוֹשֶׁבֶתthe daughterבַּתof Babylon.בָּבֶל
Zechariah 2:7
Study it in the app“Ho, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 2:7, word by word
- Hoהוֹיhoy
ho
A shout to call someone to pay attention or come.
Where else “hoy” appears- Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- Escapeהִמָּלְטִיhimalti
escape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “himalti” appears- you who dwell withיוֹשֶׁבֶתyoshevet
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshevet” appears- the daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears
Places in this verse
1Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
2Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
6Ho! Ho! Flee from the land of the north, declares YHWH; for like the four winds of the heavens I have spread out you, declares YHWH.
7 · This verse (above)
8For thus says YHWH Tsevaot, after glory he sent me to the nations that plunder you: “For whoever touches you touches the pupil of his eye.