King James Version

Zechariah 2:7

Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Zechariah 2:11.

ה֥וֹיhoyalasהוֹיparticle, interjection — “alas”H1945oh!ah, alas, ho, O, woe.צִיּ֖וֹןtsionZionצִיּוֹןnoun, proper name — “Zion”H6726Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of JerusalemZion.הִמָּלְטִ֑יhimaletiescapeמָלַטverb, niphal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “escape”, a commandH4422properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparksdeliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] surely.יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶתyoshevetdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, participle, absolute — “dwell”, a verb used as a describing wordH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…בַּתbatdaughterבַּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “daughter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.בָּבֶֽלbavelBabelבָּבֶלnoun, proper name — “Babel”H894Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireBabel, Babylon.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(2-11) Ho, Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Ho Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

Young’s Literal Translation

Ho, Zion, be delivered who art dwelling [with] the daughter of Babylon.

World English Bible

‘Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.’

Darby Translation

Ho! escape, Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

Douay-Rheims

O Sion, flee, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(2-11) Ho, Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

even to Sion: deliver yourselves, ye that dwell with the daughter of Babylon.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

εἰς Σιὼν, ἀνασώζεσθε οἱ κατοικοῦντες θυγατέρα Βαβυλῶνος.