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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Zechariah 2:7
Ho! Zion, deliver thyself, - thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. For,
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Christian Standard Bible®
“Listen, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon.”
“Listen, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon.”
Hebrew Names Version
'Come, Tziyon! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Bavel.'
'Come, Tziyon! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Bavel.'
King James Version (1611)
Deliuer thy selfe, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Deliuer thy selfe, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
King James Version
Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
English Standard Version
Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
New American Standard Bible
"You, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon."
"You, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon."
New Century Version
"Oh no, Jerusalem! Escape, you who live right in Babylon."
"Oh no, Jerusalem! Escape, you who live right in Babylon."
Amplified Bible
"Hear, Zion (Jerusalem)! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon!"
"Hear, Zion (Jerusalem)! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Saue thy selfe, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babel.
Saue thy selfe, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babel.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Ho, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon."
"Ho, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon."
Legacy Standard Bible
"Woe, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon."
"Woe, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon."
Berean Standard Bible
"Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!"
"Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!"
Contemporary English Version
Leave Babylonia and hurry back to Zion."
Leave Babylonia and hurry back to Zion."
Complete Jewish Bible
Here the angel who was speaking to me went forward, and another angel went out, met him
Here the angel who was speaking to me went forward, and another angel went out, met him
Darby Translation
Ho! escape, Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Ho! escape, Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Easy-to-Read Version
You people from Zion now live in Babylon. Escape! Run away from that city!"
You people from Zion now live in Babylon. Escape! Run away from that city!"
George Lamsa Translation
Deliver yourself, O Zion; deliver yourself, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
Deliver yourself, O Zion; deliver yourself, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
Lexham English Bible
"Woe, Zion! Escape, you inhabitants of the daughter of Babylon!"
"Woe, Zion! Escape, you inhabitants of the daughter of Babylon!"
Literal Translation
Ho, O Zion! Escape, you who live with the daughter of Babylon.
Ho, O Zion! Escape, you who live with the daughter of Babylon.
American Standard Version
Ho Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Ho Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Bible in Basic English
Ho! Zion, go in flight from danger, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.
Ho! Zion, go in flight from danger, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And, behold, the angel that spoke with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
And, behold, the angel that spoke with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Saue thy selfe O Sion, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon:
Saue thy selfe O Sion, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
even to Sion: deliver yourselves, ye that dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
even to Sion: deliver yourselves, ye that dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
English Revised Version
Ho Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Ho Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
World English Bible
'Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.'
'Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.'
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A! thou Sion, fle, that dwellist at the douyter of Babiloyne.
A! thou Sion, fle, that dwellist at the douyter of Babiloyne.
Update Bible Version
Ho Zion, escape, you that dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
Ho Zion, escape, you that dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
Webster's Bible Translation
Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest [with] the daughter of Babylon.
Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest [with] the daughter of Babylon.
New English Translation
"Escape, Zion, you who live among the Babylonians!"
"Escape, Zion, you who live among the Babylonians!"
New King James Version
"Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon."
"Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon."
New Living Translation
Come away, people of Zion, you who are exiled in Babylon!"
Come away, people of Zion, you who are exiled in Babylon!"
New Life Bible
"O Zion! Run away, you who are living with the people of Babylon."
"O Zion! Run away, you who are living with the people of Babylon."
New Revised Standard
Up! Escape to Zion, you that live with daughter Babylon.
Up! Escape to Zion, you that live with daughter Babylon.
Douay-Rheims Bible
O Sion, flee, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon:
O Sion, flee, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon:
Revised Standard Version
Ho! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
Ho! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
Young's Literal Translation
Ho, Zion, be delivered who art dwelling [with] the daughter of Babylon.
Ho, Zion, be delivered who art dwelling [with] the daughter of Babylon.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Saue thy self, o Sion: thou that dwellest with ye doughter of Babilon,
Saue thy self, o Sion: thou that dwellest with ye doughter of Babilon,
Contextual Overview
6 Ho! ho! flee ye, therefore, out of the land of the North, urgeth Yahweh. For, as the four winds of the heavens, have I spread you abroad, declareth Yahweh. 7 Ho! Zion, deliver thyself, - thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. For, 8 Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, For his own honour, hath he sent me unto the nations that are spoiling you, - Surely, he that toucheth you, toucheth the pupil of mine eye. 9 For behold me! brandishing my hand over them, and they shall become a spoil unto their own slaves, - and ye shall know that, Yahweh of hosts, hath sent me.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Deliver: Genesis 19:17, Numbers 16:26, Numbers 16:34, Isaiah 48:20, Isaiah 52:11, Jeremiah 50:8, Jeremiah 51:6, Jeremiah 51:45, Acts 2:40, Revelation 18:4
that: Isaiah 52:2, Micah 4:10
daughter: The Babylonians were vanquished by the Persians, formerly their servants, under Darius Hystaspes, who took Babylon after a siege of twelve months, demolished its walls, and put 300,000 of the inhabitants to death.
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 36:23 - Who is there Psalms 137:8 - daughter Isaiah 47:1 - daughter Isaiah 55:12 - ye shall Jeremiah 31:21 - turn Jeremiah 51:50 - escaped Zechariah 2:6 - and flee
Cross-References
Genesis 2:14
And, the name of the third river, is Hiddekel, the same, is that which goeth in front of Assyria; and the fourth river, is Euphrates.
And, the name of the third river, is Hiddekel, the same, is that which goeth in front of Assyria; and the fourth river, is Euphrates.
Genesis 2:15
So Yahweh God took the man, - and placed him in the garden of Eden, to till it and to keeps it.
So Yahweh God took the man, - and placed him in the garden of Eden, to till it and to keeps it.
Genesis 2:20
So the man gave names to all the tame-beasts, and to the birds of the heavens, and to all the wild-beasts of the field, - but, for man, had there not been found a helper as his counterpart.
So the man gave names to all the tame-beasts, and to the birds of the heavens, and to all the wild-beasts of the field, - but, for man, had there not been found a helper as his counterpart.
Genesis 2:21
So Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept, - and he took one of his ribs, and closed up flesh instead thereof.
So Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept, - and he took one of his ribs, and closed up flesh instead thereof.
Genesis 3:23
So Yahweh God put him forth from the garden of Eden, - to till the ground wherefrom he had been taken.
So Yahweh God put him forth from the garden of Eden, - to till the ground wherefrom he had been taken.
Genesis 7:22
All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life of all that were on the dry ground died.
All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life of all that were on the dry ground died.
Numbers 16:22
And they fell upon their faces and said, O GOD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, - shall, one man, sin, and against all the assembly, wilt thou he wroth.
And they fell upon their faces and said, O GOD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, - shall, one man, sin, and against all the assembly, wilt thou he wroth.
Numbers 27:16
Let Yahweh, God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the assembly;
Let Yahweh, God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the assembly;
Job 4:19
How much more the dwellers in houses of clay, which, in the dust, have their foundation, which are crushed sooner than a moth:
How much more the dwellers in houses of clay, which, in the dust, have their foundation, which are crushed sooner than a moth:
Job 27:3
All the while my inspiration is in me, and the spirit of GOD is in my nostrils,
All the while my inspiration is in me, and the spirit of GOD is in my nostrils,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Deliver thyself, O Zion,.... Or make thy escape, you that belong to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, and ought to have your abode there, and not in Babylon: flee from thence,
that dwelleth [with] the daughter of Babylon; in any of the antichristian states, who are the daughters of Babylon, the mother of harlots, Revelation 17:5 so it may be rendered, "that inhabits the daughter of Babylon" k; dwells in any of the cities, towns, and villages, belonging to it.
k ××ש×ת ×ת ×××, οι καÏÎ¿Î¹ÎºÎ¿Ï Î½ÏÎµÏ Î¸Ï Î³Î±ÏεÏα Î²Î±Î²Ï Î»ÏνοÏ, Sept.; "habitatrix filiae Babel", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; "[vel] inhabitans filiam Babel", De Dieu.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Dwellest with the daughter of Babylon - The unusual idiom is perhaps chosen as expressive of Godâs tenderness, even to the people who were to be destroyed, from which Israel was to escape.
