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Good News Translation Anyone who strikes you strikes what is most precious to me. NET Bible For the LORD who rules over all says to me that for his own glory he has sent me to the nations that plundered you--for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of his eye. Afterwards, the Glory sent me to the nations who looted you. Whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye. Jubilee Bible For thus hath the LORD of the hosts said; After the glory he shall send me unto the Gentiles which spoiled you, for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye.
American Standard Version For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: After glory hath he sent me unto the nations which plundered you; for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
Like Jeremiah, Jesus wept over the trouble that was still coming to Israel. He knew that the coming punishment would be far greater than in the days of Jeremiah. For 1, years the people of Israel would be dispersed throughout the world. They would experience a withdrawal of God's favor , unparalleled by any other trouble they had experienced.
And yet, like Assyria and Babylon, those who oppressed Israel over the past 2, years, did so in such a wicked and perverse way that they, too, are destined for punishment. Nineteen centuries of Christian love have taken a toll. The extent of their mistreatment is overwhelming.
Bar Kochba led a three-year revolt against Rome. Rome subsequently slaughtered roughly a half-million Jews. Thousands were sold into slavery or taken captive.
The rest were exiled from Palestine. Judaism was no longer recognized as a legal religion. Direct Roman persecution of the Jews began. They were forbidden, upon penalty of death, from practicing circumcision, reading the Torah or eating unleavened bread at Passover.
The Roman Emperor Severus forbade religious conversions to Judaism. Then began the persecution of Jews by Christians: The church Synod of Elvira banned marriages and community contacts between Christians and Jews. Constantine passed a law forbidding anyone to convert to Judaism. Jews were also heavily taxed. They stated, "Henceforth let us have nothing in common with this odious people Emperor Theodosius permitted the destruction of synagogues. The Bishop of Alexandria, Egypt, expelled the Jews from that city. Jerome wrote of a synagogue: Emperor Justinian passed the Justinian Code, giving the Pope supreme religious authority, prohibiting building of Jewish synagogues or reading the Hebrew Bible, assembling in public, celebrating Passover before Easter or testifying against Christians in court.
The Synod of Claremont decreed that Jews could not hold public office or have authority over Christians. The 3rd and 4th Councils of Orleans prohibited Jews from appearing in public during the Easter season. Marriages between Christians and Jews was prohibited. The bishop of Uzes expelled Jews from his diocese in France.
The Crusaders forced all of the Jews of Jerusalem into a central synagogue and set it on fire. Those who tried to escape were forced back into the burning building. Jews were exiled from Belgium. Philip Augustus, King of France, arbitrarily seized all Jewish property, including land and houses, and expelled Jews from the country.
This is a picture of the sorrow Israel should have over their plight. Click the button below to continue. The Lord placed in her heart at a very young age an insatiable desire for the scriptures. Want more information about Bible Gateway Plus? Zion is as precious to the LORD as are his eyes.
The Fourth Lateran Council approved laws requiring that "Jews and Muslims shall wear a special dress. This practice later spread to other countries. The Synod of Narbonne required Jews to wear an oval badge. This was reinstituted in the 's by Hitler, changing the oval badge to a Jewish Star. Jews were persecuted in Austria, Bavaria and parts of Germany.
More than , Jews were killed over a 6-month period. For, behold, Thine enemies make an uproar; and those who hate Thee have exalted themselves.
They make shrewd plans against Thy people, and conspire together against Thy people, and conspire together against Thy treasured ones. In , ten years before the Six-Day War, Abdul Nasser said, "We are going to drive the Jews into the sea and wipe them out as a nation. To the surprise of many, Israel won--within a few days. But again in Nasser said, "We are going to grind them into the ground.
We are going to push them into the sea. We're going to wipe out Israel--no one will ever remember them again. Let the name of Israel be remembered no more'" Psalm Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out My hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste. Then you will know that I am the Lord. Because you have had everlasting enmity and have delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the sword I will deal with you according to your anger and according to your envy which you showed because of your hatred against them Israel Then you will know that I, the Lord, have heard all your revilings which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel Other scriptures state that the Arab nations will go down into the dust and will never again be known as a great nation.
In some ways this has already come to pass.
In traveling through many of the Arab countries, all that is visible to the eye is the barrenness of rocks and sand; land that is quite useless in growing anything. But as one travels into Israel, there in the arid desert, green plants are growing alongside cabbages, lettuce, and banana trees.
It seems impossible, but the Bible says that out of this dry and thirsty land, God is going to bring forth rivers and bring fruitfulness to the land.
keep my teaching as the apple of your eye; For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me[a] to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye: Zechariah Or he sent me after glory. The phrase apple of my eye refers to something or someone that one cherishes above all others. Origin[edit]. The Bible references below contain the English.
The Lord has also spoken in a very personal way concerning Israel, calling it His land. The prophet Hosea talks about this as the land of the Lord, and in Hebrews it is referred to as the land of promise. The Lord says that this land was given to Israel forever. But BC was the last time the Jews actually resided in Jerusalem. Since the time, Gentile nations have ruled Israel, and the city of Jerusalem which means city of peace has been torn by war, while Jews have been slaughtered inside its walls.
This city has been desecrated and torn down many times, only to be raised up again.