Zechariah 2:12

New American Bible - revised edition

For thus says the Lord of hosts after the Lord’s glory had sent me, concerning the nations that have plundered you: Whoever strikes you strikes me directly in the eye.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:6

but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.

Psalm 105:15

“Do not touch my anointed ones, to my prophets do no harm.”

Psalm 132:13

Yes, the Lord has chosen Zion, desired it for a dwelling:

Psalm 132:14

“This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I desire it.

Psalm 135:4

For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his treasured possession.

Psalm 33:12

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people chosen as his inheritance.

Psalm 82:8

Arise, O God, judge the earth, for yours are all the nations.

Isaiah 14:1

But the Lord will take pity on Jacob and again choose Israel, and will settle them on their own land; foreigners will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob.

Isaiah 17:14

At evening, there is terror, but before morning, they are gone! Such is the portion of those who despoil us, the lot of those who plunder us.

Isaiah 41:9

You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth and summoned from its far-off places, To whom I have said, You are my servant; I chose you, I have not rejected you—

Jeremiah 10:16

Jacob’s portion is nothing like them: for he is the maker of everything! Israel is his very own tribe, Lord of hosts is his name.

Jeremiah 30:16

Yet all who devour you shall be devoured, all your enemies shall go into exile. All who plunder you shall become plunder, all who pillage you I will hand over to be pillaged.

Jeremiah 51:19

Jacob’s portion is nothing like them: he is the creator of all things. Israel is his very own tribe; Lord of hosts is his name.

Zechariah 1:17

Proclaim further: Thus says the Lord of hosts: My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the Lord will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem.

Zechariah 3:2

And the angel of the Lord said to the adversary, “May the Lord rebuke you, O adversary; may the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?”

Deuteronomy 32:10

He found them in a wilderness, a wasteland of howling desert. He shielded them, cared for them, guarded them as the apple of his eye.

Deuteronomy 32:9

But the Lord’s portion was his people; his allotted share was Jacob.