Zechariah 2:5

3 And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him,

4 who said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying: ^a‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.

5 For I,’ says the Lord, ‘will be ^aa wall of fire all around her, ^band I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”

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6 “Up, up! Flee ^afrom the land of the north,” says the Lord; “for I have ^bspread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the Lord.

7 “Up, Zion! ^aEscape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”

8 For thus says the Lord of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who ^atouches you touches the apple of His eye.

9 For surely I will ^ashake My hand against them, and they shall become¹ spoil for their servants. Then ^byou will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.

10 ^a“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I ^bwill dwell in your midst,” says the Lord.

11 ^a“Many nations shall be joined to the Lord ^bin that day, and they shall become ^cMy people. And I will dwell in your midst. Then ^dyou will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.

12 And the Lord will ^atake possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem.

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Barnes' Notes

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Zechariah 2:5

And I, Myself in My own Being, will be to her a wall of fire - Not protection only, an inner circle around her, however near an enemy might press in upon her, but destructive to her enemies. Isaiah says, "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise in judgment against thee thou shalt condemn" Isaiah 54:17. Its defense, Isaiah says, shall be immaterial. "We have a strong city; salvation shall God appoint for walls and bulwarks" Isaiah 26:1; "thou shalt call thy walls salvation and thy gates praise" Isaiah 60:18). By a different figure it is said, "I will encamp about mine house because of the army" Zechariah 9:8.

And glory will I be in the midst of her - As Isaiah says, "The Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory" Isaiah 60:19; and of Christ, "In that day shall the Branch of the Lord be Beauty and Glory - to the escaped of Israel" Isaiah 4:2.

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Zechariah 2:5:

Isaiah 26:1
Ezekiel 38:11
Micah 5:11-15
Zechariah 2:12
Zechariah 8:3
Zechariah 8:20

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