Zechariah 2:11

Hebrew Bible

10 “Sing out and be happy, Zion my daughter! For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst,” says the Lord. 11Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on the day of salvation, and they will also be my people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all. Then you will know that the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has sent me to you. 12 The Lord will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again. 13 Be silent in the Lord’s presence, all people everywhere, for he is being moved to action in his holy dwelling place.”

Isaiah 14:1

Hebrew Bible

1 The Lord will certainly have compassion on Jacob; he will again choose Israel as his special people and restore them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family of Jacob. 2 Nations will take them and bring them back to their own place. Then the family of Israel will make foreigners their servants as they settle in the Lord’s land. They will make their captors captives and rule over the ones who oppressed them. 3 When the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety and from the hard labor that you were made to perform,

 Notes and References

"... The verb in niphal ('join, attach oneself) occurs in the Old Testament 12 times, including Isaiah 14:1 and Zechariah 2:15. The subject is ('foreigner') in Isaiah and ('many nations') in Zechariah. Moreover, according to Isaiah 14:1 Yahweh will elect Israel, whereas in Zechariah 2:16 he will elect Jerusalem. The phrases are otherwise identical ..."

Nurmela, Risto "The Growth of the Book of Isaiah Illustrated by Allusions in Zechariah" in Boda, Mark J., and Michael H. Floyd, (ed.) Bringing out the Treasure: Inner Biblical Allusion in Zechariah 9-14 (p. 249) Sheffield Academic Press, 2003

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