Holy Scripture

Zechariah 2:6

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 6 and following) O, O flee from the land of the North, says the Lord, for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven, says the Lord. O Zion, arise, you who dwell in the daughter of Babylon. LXX: O flee from the land of the north, says the Lord, for I will gather you from the four winds of heaven, says t…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Zechariah

Source: Septuagint

Original

6And I said to him, Whither goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it.

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4And I said, What are these coming to do? And he said, These are the horns that scattered Judah, and they broke Israel in pieces, and none of them lifted up his head: and these are come forth to sharpen them for their hands, even the four horns, the nations that lifted up the horn against the land of the Lord to scatter it.

5And I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man, and in his hand a measuring line.

— Zechariah 2:6 —

7And, behold, the angel that spoke with me stood by, and another angel went forth to meet him,

8and spoke to him, saying, Run and speak to that young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be fully inhabited by reason of the abundance of men and cattle in the midst of her.

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