The Meaning of Zechariah 2:13 Explained

Zechariah 2:13

KJV: Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

YLT: Hush, all flesh, because of Jehovah, For He hath been roused up from His holy habitation!'

Darby: Let all flesh be silent before Jehovah; for he is risen up out of his holy habitation.

ASV: Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah; for he is waked up out of his holy habitation.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Be silent,  O all flesh,  before  the LORD:  for he is raised up  out of his holy  habitation. 

What does Zechariah 2:13 Mean?

Context Summary

Zechariah 2:1-13 - The Redemption Of Jerusalem
The work of Temple-building had ceased for fifteen years and the new resolve to arise and build might meet with a similar fate. But the four horns met with four carpenters. For Babylon the carpenter was Cyrus; for Persia, Alexander the Great; for Greece, the Roman; for Rome, the Gaul. No weapon that is formed to thwart God's purposes can prosper. The young man with the measuring line embodied the new spirit animating the returned exiles. But God was intending to give more prosperity and increase than could be contained in walls. [source]

Chapter Summary: Zechariah 2

1  God, in the care of Jerusalem, sends to measure it
6  The redemption of Zion
10  The promise of God's presence

What do the individual words in Zechariah 2:13 mean?

Be silent all flesh before Yahweh for He is aroused from habitation His holy -
הַ֥ס כָּל־ בָּשָׂ֖ר מִפְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֥י נֵע֖וֹר מִמְּע֥וֹן קָדְשֽׁוֹ ס

הַ֥ס  Be  silent 
Parse: Interjection
Root: הַס 
Sense: (Piel) hush, keep silence, be silent, hold peace, hold tongue, still v.
בָּשָׂ֖ר  flesh 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
מִפְּנֵ֣י  before 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
יְהוָ֑ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
נֵע֖וֹר  He  is  aroused 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עוּר 
Sense: to rouse oneself, awake, awaken, incite.
מִמְּע֥וֹן  from  habitation 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מָעֹון 
Sense: dwelling, habitation, refuge.
קָדְשֽׁוֹ  His  holy 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation