Zechariah 2:5

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

For I, said the LORD, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the middle of her.

American King James Version (AKJV)

For I, said the LORD, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the middle of her.

American Standard Version (ASV)

For I, saith Jehovah, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire round about her, and I will be the glory inside her.

Webster's Revision

For I, saith the LORD, will be to her a wall of fire on every side, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

World English Bible

For I,' says Yahweh, 'will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

English Revised Version (ERV)

For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

Clarke's Zechariah 2:5 Bible Commentary

I-- will be unto her a wall of fire - Her safety shall consist in my defense. I shall be as fire round about her. No adversary shall be permitted to touch her. Much of this must refer to the New Jerusalem.

Barnes's Zechariah 2:5 Bible Commentary

And I, Myself in My own Being, will be to her a wall of fire - Not protection only, an inner circle around her, however near an enemy might press in upon her, but destructive to her enemies. Isaiah says, "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise in judgment against thee thou shalt condemn" Isaiah 54:17. Its defense, Isaiah says, shall be immaterial. "We have a strong city; salvation shall God appoint for walls and bulwarks" Isaiah 26:1; "thou shalt call thy walls salvation and thy gates praise" Isaiah 60:18). By a different figure it is said, "I will encamp about mine house because of the army" Zechariah 9:8.

And glory will I be in the midst of her - As Isaiah says, "The Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory" Isaiah 60:19; and of Christ, "In that day shall the Branch of the Lord be Beauty and Glory - to the escaped of Israel" Isaiah 4:2.

Wesley's Zechariah 2:5 Bible Commentary

2:5 The glory - My presence and favour shall make her glorious.