Zechariah 2:8

The Scriptures 1998

For thus said יהוה  of hosts (for the sake of esteem He sent me to the gentiles which plunder you): “For he who touches you touches the apple of My eye.

Cross References

Genesis 20:6

And Elohim said to him in a dream, “Yea, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart, and so I kept you from sinning against Me. For this reason I did not let you touch her.

2 Kings 24:2

And יהוה  sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, and raiding bands of Aram, and raiding bands of Mo’aḇ

Psalm 17:8

Guard me as the apple of Your eye. Hide me under the shadow of Your wings,

Proverbs 7:2

Guard my commands and live, And my Torah as the apple of your eye.

Isaiah 49:19

“For your wastes, and your deserted places, and the land of your destruction, shall soon be too narrow for the inhabitants, while those who swallowed you up are far away.

Jeremiah 12:14

Thus said יהוה, “As for all My evil neighbours who touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 27:7

‘And all nations shall serve him and his son and his son’s son, until the time of his land comes. And then many nations and great sovereigns shall make him serve them.

Ezekiel 25:12

‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “Because of what Eḏ

Ezekiel 25:15

‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “Because the Philistines have acted in vengeance, and took vengeance with scorn in their being, to destroy with lasting enmity,”

Ezekiel 26:2

“Son of man, because Tsor has spoken against Yerushalayim, ‘Aha! She, the gateway of the peoples, has been broken, she has been turned over to me. Let me be filled, she has been ruined.’

Ezekiel 26:20

then I shall bring you down with those who go down into the Pit, to the people of old. And I shall make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in wastes of old, with those who go to the Pit, so that you do not return. But I shall establish splendour in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 35:5

“Because you have had a continuous enmity, and handed the children of Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 36:11

“And I shall increase upon you man and beast, and they shall increase and bear young. And I shall make you inhabited as of old, and do better for you than at your beginnings. And you shall know that I am יהוה.

Ezekiel 38:11

“And you shall say, ‘Let me go up against a land of unwalled villages, let me go to those at rest who dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,’

Ezekiel 38:14

“Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and you shall say to Gog, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “In that day when My people Yisra’ĕ

Amos 1:11

Thus said יהוה, “For three transgressions of Eḏ

Amos 1:13

Thus said יהוה, “For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I do not turn it back, because they ripped open the pregnant women in Gilʽ

Amos 1:9

Thus said יהוה, “For three transgressions of Tsor, and for four, I do not turn it back, because they surrendered an entire exile to Eḏ

Micah 4:11

And now, many gentiles shall be gathered against you, who are saying, “Let her be defiled, and let our eyes look upon Tsiyon!”

Micah 5:6

And they shall shepherd the land of Ashshur with the sword, and the land of Nimroḏ

Micah 7:10

And let my enemy see it, and let shame cover her who said to me, “Where is יהוה  your Elohim?” Let my eyes look on her: now she is trampled down like mud in the streets.

Habakkuk 2:17

“For the violence done to Leḇ

Habakkuk 2:8

“Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you, because of men’s blood, and doing violence to the land, to the city, and to all who dwell in it.

Zephaniah 2:8

“I have heard the reproach of Mo’aḇ

Zechariah 2:11

“And many gentiles shall be joined to יהוה  in that day, and they shall become My people. And I shall dwell in your midst. And you shall know that יהוה  of hosts has sent Me to you.

Zechariah 2:9

“For look, I am waving My hand against them, and they shall become spoil for their servants. And you shall know that יהוה  of hosts has sent Me.

Zechariah 8:5

and the streets of the city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets.’

Malachi 3:1

“See, I am sending My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me. Then suddenly the Master you are seeking comes to His Hĕ

Matthew 25:40

“And the Sovereign shall answer and say to them, ‘Truly, I say to you, in so far as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you did it to Me.’

Matthew 25:45

“Then He shall answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, in so far as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’

John 14:26

“But the Helper, the Set-apart Spirit, whom the Father shall send in My Name, He shall teach you all, and remind you of all that I said to you.

John 17:18

“As You sent Me into the world, I also sent them into the world.

Acts 9:4

And he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Sha’ul, Sha’ul, why do you persecute Me?”

Deuteronomy 32:10

“He found him in a wilderness, And in a wasted, howling desert. He encompassed him, He made him understand, He watched over him as the apple of His eye.

2 Thessalonians 1:6

since Elohim shall rightly repay with affliction those who afflict you,

1 John 4:14

And we have seen and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son, Saviour of the world.