The Meaning of Zechariah 2:7 Explained

Zechariah 2:7

KJV: Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

YLT: Ho, Zion, be delivered who art dwelling with the daughter of Babylon.

Darby: Ho! escape, Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

ASV: Ho Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Zechariah 2:7?

MEANING: What does Zechariah 2:7 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Zechariah 2:7 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Zechariah 2:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Deliver  thyself, O  Zion,  that dwellest  [with] the daughter  of Babylon. 

What does Zechariah 2:7 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 2:7 mean?

Up Zion Escape you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon -
ה֥וֹי צִיּ֖וֹן הִמָּלְטִ֑י יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת בַּת־ בָּבֶֽל ס

ה֥וֹי  Up 
Parse: Interjection
Root: הֹוי  
Sense: ah!, alas!, ha!, ho!, O!, woe!.
צִיּ֖וֹן  Zion 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: צִיּׄון  
Sense: another name for Jerusalem especially in the prophetic books.
הִמָּלְטִ֑י  Escape 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperative, feminine singular
Root: מָלַט 
Sense: to slip away, escape, deliver, save, be delivered.
יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת  you  who  dwell  with 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
בַּת־  the  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
בָּבֶֽל  of  Babylon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בָּבֶל  
Sense: Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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