Zechariah 2:6-8

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

Interlude: An Appeal to the Exiles

⁶ Up, up! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord; for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven, says the Lord. ⁷ Up! Escape to Zion, you that live with daughter Babylon. ⁸ For thus said the Lord of hosts (after his glory^[a] sent me) regarding the nations that plundered you: Truly, one who touches you touches the apple of my eye.^[b]