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Zechariah 2:6

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2:6“You there!6 Flee from the northland!” says the Lord, “for like the four winds of heaven7 I have scattered you,” says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 6 These are the scattered Jews of eschatological times (as the expression four winds of heaven makes clear) and not those of Zechariah’s time who have, for the most part, already returned by 520 b.c. This theme continues and is reinforced in vv. 10–13.
  2. 7 Or “of the sky.” The same Hebrew term, שָׁמַיִם (shamayim), may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north, declares the Lord. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,” declares the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Listen! Listen! Flee from the land of the north”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Lord says, “Come away! Flee from Babylon in the land of the north, for I have scattered you to the four winds.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Woe! Woe! Flee from the land of the north,” declares Yahweh, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of the heavens,” declares Yahweh.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.