Albert Barnes Commentary Zechariah 2:7

Albert Barnes Commentary

Zechariah 2:7

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Zechariah 2:7

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"Ho Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon." — Zechariah 2:7 (ASV)

Dwellest with the daughter of Babylon - The unusual idiom is perhaps chosen as expressive of God’s tenderness, even to the people who were to be destroyed, from which Israel was to escape.