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Zechariah 2:8

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For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

For thus saith {H559} the LORD {H3068} of hosts {H6635}; After {H310} the glory {H3519} hath he sent {H7971} me unto the nations {H1471} which spoiled {H7997} you: for he that toucheth {H5060} you toucheth {H5060} the apple {H892} of his eye {H5869}.

For ADONAI-Tzva'ot has sent me on a glorious mission to the nations that plundered you, and this is what he says: "Anyone who injures you injures the very pupil of my eye.

For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: After glory hath he sent me unto the nations which plundered you; for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 17:8 (19 votes)

    ¶ Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

  • Deuteronomy 32:10 (18 votes)

    He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

  • John 15:21 (12 votes)

    But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

  • John 15:23 (12 votes)

    He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

  • John 14:26 (12 votes)

    But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:6 (10 votes)

    Seeing [it is] a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

  • Psalms 105:13 (9 votes)

    When they went from one nation to another, from [one] kingdom to another people;