Zechariah 2:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For the Lord of Armies says this: ‘In pursuit of his glory, he sent me against the nations plundering you, for whoever touches you touches the pupil  of my  eye.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For thus said the Lord of hosts, after [His] glory had sent me [His messenger] to the nations who plundered you–for he who touches you touches the apple or pupil of His eye:

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims (after his glory sent me) concerning the nations plundering you: Those who strike you strike the pupil of my eye.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For thus says the Lord of hosts: After the glory, he has sent me to the Gentiles, which have despoiled you. For he who touches you, touches the pupil of my eye.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For thus saith the Lord of hosts: After the glory he hath sent me to the nations that have robbed you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of my eye:

Zechariah 2:8 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 20:6

Then God said to him in the dream, ‘Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience.  I have also kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I have not let you touch her.

2 Kings 24:2

The Lord sent Chaldean, Aramean,  Moabite,  and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim. He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord he had spoken through his servants the prophets.

Proverbs 7:2

Keep my commands and live, and guard my instructions as you would the pupil of your eye.

Isaiah 49:19

For your waste and desolate places and your land marked by ruins will now be indeed too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up will be far away.

Jeremiah 12:14

This is what the Lord says: ‘Concerning all my evil neighbours who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to my people, Israel, I am about to uproot them  from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from them.

Jeremiah 27:7

All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will enslave him.

Ezekiel 25:12

‘ “This is what the Lord God says: Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah  and incurred grievous guilt by taking revenge on them,

Ezekiel 25:15

‘ “This is what the Lord God says: Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with deep contempt,  destroying because of their perpetual hatred,

Ezekiel 26:2

‘Son of man, because Tyre  said about Jerusalem, “Aha!  The gateway to the peoples is shattered. She has been turned over to me.  I will be filled now that she lies in ruins,”

Ezekiel 26:20

then I will bring you down to be with those who descend to the Pit,  to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the underworld  like  the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or display your splendour  in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 35:5

‘ “Because you maintained a perpetual hatred  and gave the Israelites over to the power of the sword in the time of their disaster, the time of final punishment,

Ezekiel 36:11

I will fill you with people and animals,  and they will increase and be fruitful. I will make you inhabited as you once were and make you better off than you were before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 38:11

You will say, ‘I will advance against a land of open villages; I will come against a tranquil people who are living securely,  all of them living without walls and without bars or gates’   #– #

Ezekiel 38:14

‘Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, “This is what the Lord God says: On that day when my people Israel are dwelling securely,  will you not know this

Amos 1:11

The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Edom for three crimes, even four, because he pursued his brother with the sword. He stifled his compassion, his anger tore at him   continually, and he harboured his rage incessantly.

Amos 1:13

The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing the Ammonites for three crimes, even four, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.

Amos 1:9

The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Tyre for three crimes, even four, because they handed over a whole community of exiles to Edom and broke  a treaty of brotherhood.

Micah 4:11

Many nations have now assembled against you; they say, ‘Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.’

Micah 5:6

They will shepherd  the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod  with a drawn blade. So he will rescue us  from Assyria when it invades our land, when it marches against our territory.

Micah 7:10

Then my enemy will see, and she will be covered with shame, the one who said to me, ‘Where is the Lord your God? ’ My eyes will look at her in triumph; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.

Habakkuk 2:17

For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you; the destruction of animals will terrify you because of your human bloodshed and violence against lands, cities, and all who live in them.

Habakkuk 2:8

Since you have plundered many nations, all the peoples who remain will plunder you   – because of human bloodshed and violence  against lands, cities, and all who live in them.

Zephaniah 2:8

I have heard the taunting  of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted my people and threatened their territory.

Zechariah 2:11

‘Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become my  people.  I will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you.

Zechariah 2:9

For look, I am raising my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their own servants.  Then you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me.

Zechariah 8:5

The streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in them.’

Malachi 3:1

‘See, I am going to send my messenger,  and he will clear the way before me.  Then the Lord you seek  will suddenly come to his temple,  the Messenger of the covenant you delight in #– #see, he is coming,’ says the Lord of Armies.

Matthew 25:40

‘And the King will answer them, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

Matthew 25:45

‘Then he will answer them, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.”

John 14:26

But the Counsellor, the Holy Spirit,   whom the Father will send   in my name, will teach you all things   and remind you of everything I have told you.

John 17:18

As you sent me into the world,   I also have sent them into the world.

Acts 9:4

Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? ’

Deuteronomy 32:10

He found him in a desolate land, in a barren, howling wilderness; he surrounded him, cared for him, and protected him as the pupil of his eye.

2 Thessalonians 1:6

since it is just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you

1 John 4:14

And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent his Son  as the world’s Saviour.