Zechariah 2:7
Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Cross-references
In Revelation 18:4, the same urgent call to flee Babylon is echoed — 'Come out of her, my people' — directly paralleling Zechariah's command.
Jeremiah 51:45 says "Go out of the midst of her, my people" — a direct call to escape God's anger on Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:6 urges fleeing to save life from Babylon's punishment — same urgent warning.
Isaiah 48:20 explicitly commands "flee from the Chaldeans" — a direct parallel urging departure from Babylon.
Jeremiah 50:8 commands "Flee from the midst of Babylon" — an identical injunction to Zechariah 2:7.
Isaiah 52:11 calls to depart from Babylon and purify — strengthening the same theme of exodus from exile.
Isaiah 55:12 promises joyful departure from exile, matching the call to flee Babylon here — a parallel of deliverance with celebration.
Jeremiah 51:50 tells those who escaped Babylon to go and remember Jerusalem, a clear parallel to this call to flee.
Jeremiah 31:21 urges Israel to set road markers and return home, directly paralleling the command to flee Babylon in this verse.
In Genesis 19:17, the angel commands Lot to flee Sodom's destruction — a prototype of escaping divine judgment, paralleling the call to flee Babylon.
Isaiah 47:1 addresses Babylon's daughter with humiliation, contrasting the deliverance commanded for Zion in this verse.
Psalm 137:8 pronounces doom on Babylon's daughter, while Zechariah calls Zion to escape — contrasting fates of the two cities.
2 Chronicles 36:23 records Cyrus's decree for return from exile, providing the historical fulfillment of the deliverance urged here.
Micah 4:10 tells Zion she will go to Babylon and there be redeemed, complementing the call here to flee from Babylon.
Isaiah 52:2 calls Zion to shake off dust and arise, similarly urging deliverance from captivity — a parallel call to freedom.
Acts 2:40 Peter says "Save yourselves from this crooked generation" — a NT call to flee spiritual judgment, echoing the escape motif.
Numbers 16:26 commands separation from wicked men's tents to avoid their fate — analogous to the call to depart from Babylon.