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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Car ainsi parle l'Eternel des armées: Après cela, viendra la gloire! Il m'a envoyé vers les nations qui vous ont dépouillés; Car celui qui vous touche touche la prunelle de son oeil.
KJV
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.
Eusebius of Caesarea
Demonstratio Evangelica
ικεν. ὡς γὰρ τὸν λαὸν τοῦ θεοῦ τῆς πατρῴας εὐσεβείας μεταστησάμενα σκῦλα τοῖς ἰδίοις δαίμοσι κατε- 2 Zach. 2, 8. στήσαντο, οὕτω ποτὲ καὶ αὐτὰ τῆς πατρικῆς εἰδωλο λάτριας πρὸς τῶν πάλαι δεδουλευκότων αὐτοῖς σκυλευθήσονται, καὶ ὑπὸ τὸν ζυγὸν τῆς καθ’ Ἑβραίους εὐσεβείας μεταστήσοντα…
Eusebius of Caesarea
Generalis elementaria introductio (= Eclogae propheticae)
ν. Ψ. Ἀπὸ τοῦ ζαχαρία. ΚΑʹ. ...... παντοκράτωρ, Ὀπίσω δόξης ἀπέσταλκέ με ἐπὶ τὰ ....... εύσαντα ὑμᾶς·Zach. 2, 8. εἶτ’ ἐπιφέρει μετὰ βραχέα λέγων, (γνώσε)σθε, ὅτι Κύριος παντοχράτωρ ἀπέσταλκέ με. Ὁ λέγων ἁ ...... με Κύριός ἐστι παντοκράτωρ· ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ὁ ἀπο ...... θερος ὢν τοῦ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
or more sacred to God: so that an injury inflicted on such a person redounds on to God according to Zech. 2:8 : "He that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of My eye." Wherefore a sin is the more grievous, according as it is committed against a person more closely united to God by…
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