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.’ ”
Future Joy of Zion and Many Nations
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.
I . . . wall of fire round—Compare Zechariah 2:4. Yet as a city needs some wall, I JEHOVAH will act as one of fire which none durst approach (Zechariah 9:8; Isaiah 26:1).
glory in the midst—not only a defense from foes outside, but a glory within (Isaiah 60:19; Revelation 21:23). The same combination of "glory and defense" is found in Isaiah 4:5, alluding to the pillar of cloud and fire which defended and enlightened Israel in the desert. Compare Elisha in Dothan (II Kings 6:17). As God is to be her "glory," so she shall be His "glory" (Isaiah 62:3).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Zechariah 2:5:
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